Well, I made an interesting discovery today.
My local hobby store carries K+S hobby metal. Their 9/16 tubing makes
almost an exact collett for taking up the space between the FSJ1-50 and
the LMR-400 crimp style N connectors. A 3' piece cost me almost $4 with
tax.
So, I cleaned the tubing with a file, tinned it, and I cut an inch of
tinned tubing.
Then I prepped the FSJ by stripping back about an inch and a quarter of
the jacket, tinning the shield over the exposed area, and making the
center conductor stick out about 1/8". I filed down the solder since
the FSJ is a friction fit into the brass tubing.
I soldered the pin to the center conductor. It's a bit loose, but it's
workable.
Then I soldered the brass tubing into the N connector, easily done.
Then I inserted the prepped FSJ cable into the brass tubing, and just
flowed the solder in the collett.
Now add a piece of heat-shrink and you have a N connector on the end of
FSJ1-50, for about the price of a PL-259.
I think maybe it would be a good idea to add another piece of larger
tubing on the outside of the connector sleeve for strain releif, but I
don't think it's strictly needed.
So, now I am not so worried about obtaining those connectors.
But by replying to my own email in thread, perhaps someone else will
find this when they need it.
If anyone's interested, I can do some pix for the RB site.
KC6ETE clear!
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