Oh, it's not fun, but I can do it. The foil on the Belden/Best-Tronics
7919A is real aluminum foil, not aluminized mylar tape, so it rips very
easy. You can't even get the jacket off without the shield coming with
it. So you have to cut length-wise down the jacket, fold it over and
snip it off, then gently fold the foil back. Which is why I was talking
about using the Shireen DC-1021 instead which looks like the same stuff
but with a rip cord. And it's cheaper.
It's probably overkill, just the drain wire is probably enough. But it's
moar better to me. On the Trango backhauls with the return on the
shield, I definitely do it that way. I'd sleep better knowing it was
done that way every time, but you're not getting my fat ass up a tower
to make sure the guys did it how I told them.
On 10/11/2014 4:27 PM, Ken Hohhof via Af wrote:
I use the 32-2298UL all the time on foil shielded cable with drain
wire, loop the drain wire back over the jacket and under the strain
relief, then crimp. If you can fold the foil back and crimp a
connector onto it, you're a better man than me. And I think George did
once post photos proving he could do it. So if anyone could terminate
BBDGE with a shielded plug, it's him.
