I, too, use beanies regularly and never seem to have a problem with them. (I never realized they were looked down upon ) .
The UG UR and UY connectors are great too (especially UG for splicing to an existing cable), but I have had a number of UG connectors fall apart, the green part would fall out. Charles _________________________________________________________________ KX-T Mailing list --- http://kxthelp.com/ Subscription changes: http://kxthelp.com/mailman/listinfo/kxt
