I don't know if you're talking about what I do, Bob, but I guess I should have said that I do that with the outdoor connectors, where they might encounter weather. Indoor connectors are just snugged down tight enough that they don't wiggle loose, since I disconnect them whenever lightning is in the area.
Gwen, NG3P On Tue, Apr 30, 2019 at 7:18 PM Bob McGraw K4TAX <[email protected]> wrote: > A good approach for those PL-259 connectors outside or exposed to the > weather. For those inside, that's a might bit aggressive. I just > prefer to snug them tight, a bit more than hand tight, using some small > channel lock pliers. > > 73 > > Bob, K4TAX > > On 4/30/2019 5:54 PM, Gwen Patton wrote: > > I started using a corrosion-inhibiting lube on my PL-259s, and > religiously > > sealing them with Coax-Seal. I tighten them very tightly as well. Since I > > started doing that, I have no odd failures or intermittent connections in > > my feedlines. > > > > 73, > > Gwen, NG3P > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 -- -+-+-+-+- Jenny Everywhere's Infinite: Quark Time http://quarktime.net ______________________________________________________________ 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
