With all this talk of proper RG-6 connectors I've seen nothing about the proper torque spec. You do know there's a torque spec I hope. I've put on thousands, yes thousands, of RG-6 and RG-59 connectors and if they aren't torqued properly you're asking for trouble down the road especially if they are outside. Thermal cycling wil loosen them over time. Each connector manufacturer should have this listed for their fittings and click type wrenches are available but not cheap. Do not buy a used wrench, probably not even close to the proper spec.
Flooded cable comes with some unique problems, the flooding will flow into connectors and generally make a mess if your connectors aren't put on properly. Also try not to have a connector at the bottom of a vertical run, small radius below the connector and mount horizontal. DO NOT USE ANY TAPE or other covering on the connectors, if you put them on right they are waterproof.....horizontal or the backend of the connector pointing down. Quad shield is nice if you get it cheap but the only place I've ever used it was in a head-end......rf and computer generated noise, lots of it and engineering required it. The single braid and foil shield will do nicely and for amateur use is more than adequate. The last cable I used was Commscope with either PPC or Digicon connectors. Standard 1/4" center conductor and 1/4" shield/braid exposed. In practical use once the end is prepped the braid is simply fanned away from the foil a bit and the fitting pushed on until the di-electric is flush inside the connector, check for stray braid and crimp Ron K0IDT Message: 4 Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2011 09:00:36 -0500 From: "Gary Smith" <g...@ka1j.com> Subject: Re: Topband: RG-6/U & Snap n Seal connectors To: TOPBAND@CONTESTING.COM Message-ID: <4ee75a84.13163.1258f...@gary.ka1j.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Thanks so much to all who replied, I didn't know to get a different model of connector, the twist on kind from Radio Shack I had used with this cable seemed to fit just fine so I thought one size fit all. Gary KA1J _______________________________________________ UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK