On PL-259 connectors, make sure they are more than finger tight. I use a
pair of 4" Channel Lock pliers to snug mine after they are finger
tight. Today's PL-259's may look good but indeed with many of them
today, the plating is crap!. Same for coax cable and the way it gets
terminated inside the PL-259. The cable frequently works loose and
causes intermittent connections which may not show up at 100 watts or less.
In my practice, if I find a bad cable, I immediately chop the suspect
PL-259 off of one end. That way the cable can not be accidentally used
until it is properly repaired and checked with a dummy load and my
impedance bridge or antenna bridge.
73
Bob, K4TAX
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