On 7/29/2020 12:02 PM, George Danner wrote: > > In the 60s & 70s, we had a screwdriver like tool for removing and > inserting PL-259 connectors in patch-bays in TV stations. It was a > screwdriver handle and shaft with a steel tube slightly smaller than the > pl-259. The tube had a longitudinal slot that was big enough for the > cable to slip through. The side of the tube away from the slot was > welded to the screwdriver shaft.
That's a standard tool in the cable industry for installing and removing "tamper-proof" F-connectors that have a shroud around them to prevent a subscriber's fingers from loosening them. It also works on non-"tamper-proof" connectors that are difficult to reach. I have one in my collection. 73 de K2ASP - Phil Kane Elecraft K2/100 s/n 5402 >From a Clearing in the Silicon Forest Beaverton (Washington County) Oregon ______________________________________________________________ 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 Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
