I'd like that information also. I know that some of the "more technically proficient" hams out there who do RF design / installation for a living use crimp only connectors, and swear by them. Are there other vendors out there that people have used which are comparable to the major players?
Don, KD9PT ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dennis Wade" <sacramento.cycl...@gmail.com> To: <Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Tuesday, July 21, 2009 1:56 PM Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: crimping vs soldering & types of coax connectors > In an attempt to bring this thread back.....<grin>... > > Would anyone care to comment on and compare the tools offered by both > Paladin and RF Industries, as well as the link earlier in this thread? > Not cheap, but not the "several hundred dollars" either as quoted by > someone above. > > > I've had the same questions as I am also considering a "crimp only" > station. For the most part, everything I've read leans strongly to > the view that crimping is at least as good if not better as soldering > (with the usual caveats as to quality of the tools employed). > > > Thanks! > > Dennis > > On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 7:47 AM, Lee > Pennington<localjunkpedd...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> >> I agree with Joe. I've been successfully buying and selling at Hamfests >> for >> years. It always seems that the lids and "ticket holders" have worst luck >> with their impulse buying. IMHO. Real Hams know the score. >> de >> Lee >> K4LJP >> 73 >> >> On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 10:29 AM, Joe <k1ike_m...@snet.net> wrote: >>> >>> > > ---------- > I've been wondering lately..."Where am I going and why AM I in this > hand basket??" > > ------------------------- > Dennis L. Wade > KG6ZI > Carmichael, CA > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > >
