This is along the same lines of the PL-259 connector soldering. Although off topic for this group some collective wisdom might help someone other than myself in the future.
How can you check to see if coax is still "good"? Sure we can test for shorts with a multimeter, but if the coax has been crushed and the dielectric has been deformed, obviously things will be wonky when we put RF through it. Is it possible to short one connector with a 50ohm resistor, then on the other end attaching an antenna analyzer and sweep the ham bands looking for obvious SWR changes? I mean to me (read: newbie when it comes to this) it should show a flat 50ohms across the bands, correct? I have a few spools of 100' RG8X that I'm sure have been slammed in a sliding glass door more than once. No sign of any trauma on the jacket or shorts, but I cant tell if the dielectric has been mangled inside. I really don't want to blindly ditch perfectly good coax. Any tricks of the trade when it comes to this? 73 Frank KG6EYC -- CW: NAQCC #6554 | SKCC #10435 | FISTS #16155 | SOC #1038 | FPQRP #3186 Digital: FHC #4224 | 30MDG #6370 | DMC #5698 Gear: K3 #7164 | KX3 #1787 http://vadept.com ______________________________________________________________ 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
