With RingFlare connectors it is basically the same procedure for 1/2 and 7/8, DIN and N.
The main thing is to strip the correct amount of insulation off and the center conductor needs to be the proper length. Although when you first look at the instruction sheet it is confusing, once you read them over again it should all come to light. It isnt hard, guys change them out 300 feet up on towers every day. One thing that often gets overlooked is to make sure that the foam is clean of any metal filings, I use the sticky side of some tape to remove that. It is amazing to look at the tape once you have done it and see how much metal was on the foam. Mike Morris WA6ILQ wrote: > > Repeater-builder received an interesting article request... > Too many of the folks that have been "doing it" for a while > forget that we all had to start somewhere. > > > "Everybody" seems to know how to install Heliax connectors but > > us newbies. And sometime the newbies don't know who to ask. > > And sometimes the local repeater builders don't seem to have time > > to help a newbie. > > It seems like the the directions packed with the new connectors > > are oriented as a "refresher" to hose that have done them before, > > or maybe I'm just a little unsure of myself, never having done one > > before, and as expensive as the connectors are new I'm scared > > of screwing it up.... > > > > Has anybody thought of doing a "photo article" for us newbies on > > how to install a 1/2 or 7/8 connector on Heliax? Something like > > the W4ZT article but for the larger cables? > > > >BTW has he done one for N connectors? > > > > And since hams are cheap, is there any place to order replacement > > parts (like center pins or rubber seals)? Sometimes when you can > > aquire cut-off-connectors at Dayton (the ones with a few inches of > > cable in them) you find dried-out rubber seals... > > The W4ZT article that the sender is referring to is at > <http://www.repeater-builder.com/antenna/w4zt-superflex/superflex-pl-connector.html > > <http://www.repeater-builder.com/antenna/w4zt-superflex/superflex-pl-connector.html>> > > Anybody up to doing one set of photos for 1/2" cable and a second set > for 7/8" cable? And a text commentary on each? > And maybe a third set on putting an N connector on superflex? > Or any other common (or uncommon) feedline connector (like a DIN > connector) > > Mike WA6ILQ > > > <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Repeater-Builder/message/76271;_ylc=X3oDMTM1cDBjNHRpBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzEwNDE2OARncnBzcElkAzE3MDUwNjMxMDgEbXNnSWQDNzYyNzEEc2VjA2Z0cgRzbGsDdnRwYwRzdGltZQMxMTkzNjU2Nzg4BHRwY0lkAzc2Mjcx> > <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Repeater-Builder/post;_ylc=X3oDMTJkM2Y0ZWgxBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzEwNDE2OARncnBzcElkAzE3MDUwNjMxMDgEc2VjA2Z0cgRzbGsDbnRwYwRzdGltZQMxMTkzNjU2Nzg4> > > > > >
