Just an interesting aside. Last night at the radio club meeting the guys were checking out a Yaesu controller box that will operate the az/el rotor for an ARISS contact this June from our local library. No one could get it to work until someone brought in another connecting cable (I think it was a db 9 pin USB cable). Voila! It works.
Just lurking on the Elecraft site I see many problems are connected to the incorrect cable or a faulty cable. Take away: don’t throw away those cables you have been collecting over the years. I have fixed a few problems over the years by trying a different cable. David J. Wilcox K8WPE’s iPad > On Apr 30, 2019, at 7:35 PM, Gwen Patton <ard...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I don't know if you're talking about what I do, Bob, but I guess I should > have said that I do that with the outdoor connectors, where they might > encounter weather. Indoor connectors are just snugged down tight enough > that they don't wiggle loose, since I disconnect them whenever lightning is > in the area. > > Gwen, NG3P > > On Tue, Apr 30, 2019 at 7:18 PM Bob McGraw K4TAX <rmcg...@blomand.net> > wrote: > >> A good approach for those PL-259 connectors outside or exposed to the >> weather. For those inside, that's a might bit aggressive. I just >> prefer to snug them tight, a bit more than hand tight, using some small >> channel lock pliers. >> >> 73 >> >> Bob, K4TAX >> >>> On 4/30/2019 5:54 PM, Gwen Patton wrote: >>> I started using a corrosion-inhibiting lube on my PL-259s, and >> religiously >>> sealing them with Coax-Seal. I tighten them very tightly as well. Since I >>> started doing that, I have no odd failures or intermittent connections in >>> my feedlines. >>> >>> 73, >>> Gwen, NG3P >>> >> >> ______________________________________________________________ >> Elecraft mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net >> >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > > > > -- > > -+-+-+-+- > Jenny Everywhere's Infinite: Quark Time > http://quarktime.net > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
