At 07:12 AM 3/3/2008, Jon Maguire wrote:
Guys,
I have severe arthritis in my hands, so assembling PL-259s has aways
been a problem. I know, however, there are tools to both strip the
coax, and install the connector with a minimum of hassle. Anyone
have any pointers to these tools? Thanks in advance for any pointers.
Go with the Cablematic UT-8000 coax prep tool for RG-213-sized cable
and get a good high-quality ratcheting crimp tool for the connector
bodies. IF you use a high-quality tool and do the job right you'll
get a far better mechanical connection than you will with solder-type 259s.
Here's the best link I found on the subject:
http://www.bcdxc.org/pl259_crimp_on_connectors.htm
Regards,
Peter,
W2IRT
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