Repeater-builder received an interesting article request... Too many of the folks that have been "doing it" for a while forget that we all had to start somewhere.
> "Everybody" seems to know how to install Heliax connectors but > us newbies. And sometime the newbies don't know who to ask. > And sometimes the local repeater builders don't seem to have time > to help a newbie. > It seems like the the directions packed with the new connectors > are oriented as a "refresher" to hose that have done them before, > or maybe I'm just a little unsure of myself, never having done one > before, and as expensive as the connectors are new I'm scared > of screwing it up.... > > Has anybody thought of doing a "photo article" for us newbies on > how to install a 1/2 or 7/8 connector on Heliax? Something like > the W4ZT article but for the larger cables? > >BTW has he done one for N connectors? > > And since hams are cheap, is there any place to order replacement > parts (like center pins or rubber seals)? Sometimes when you can > aquire cut-off-connectors at Dayton (the ones with a few inches of > cable in them) you find dried-out rubber seals... The W4ZT article that the sender is referring to is at <http://www.repeater-builder.com/antenna/w4zt-superflex/superflex-pl-connector.html> Anybody up to doing one set of photos for 1/2" cable and a second set for 7/8" cable? And a text commentary on each? And maybe a third set on putting an N connector on superflex? Or any other common (or uncommon) feedline connector (like a DIN connector) Mike WA6ILQ
