He is talking about prior to soldering. I have seen these too. So has HRO who had to send a bunch back for just this reason.
On 2/25/2011 11:38 AM, Ron D'Eau Claire wrote: > An SO/PL239 is pushed on, not twisted, until the face of the male is against > the ridged edge of the female, then the outer shell is threaded on and > tightened. The center pin never turns nor has any torque applied. > > I cannot picture how you could "spin" the CENTER conductor. That would > require twisting the coax attached to the male half. > > Ron AC7AC > > -----Original Message----- > I've found the same problem with two batches of Teflon insulated, single > hole mount SO-239 connectors manufactured in China and purchased from RF > Connection. The center pin spins within the Teflon bushing and unless > the user is extremely careful when connecting a PL-259, the wire > connected to the center conductor will break off. > > I returned one batch and received a second batch that were supposed to > be correct and found the same problem. I rejected those as well. > > I agree that a connector with this problem should not be used - too > great a risk of damage to the internal wiring. > > Jack K8ZOA > > On 2/25/2011 12:58 PM, dw wrote: >> Hi John, >> If it were me, and there is a possibility that the inner wire soldered >> to the inner pin could freely spin around during the process of taking >> on/off coax at the back of the unit, I would not take the risk of >> compromising the inner wire such that it could twist, bird-cage or >> possibly short to gnd. >> >> N1BBR > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
