Your questions are best answered by looking up the specifications of the particular crimp connector you will be using. The manufacturer of each crimp connector will have details regarding the stripping lengths and die sizes.
Best bet is to Google the connector manufacturer. Chuck WB2EDV ----- Original Message ----- From: "hitekgearhead" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, April 11, 2010 11:51 PM Subject: [Repeater-Builder] crimping assistance please >I know this has been thrown around a bit before but I could use a little >assistance. > > I just purchased a crimper and a couple sets of dies. I bought some cheap > BNC and TNC connectors to practice with along with some RG-58A/U cable. > > I bought 3 different sets of dies. One of which is for RG-8 size > connectors so I am not really concerned with that yet. The other two dies > have hex crimp sizes of .324, .255, .215, .100, .068 and .215, .184, .068, > .042 Obviously these two dies duplicate the .215 and .068 sizes. > > > Basically I am not sure what size hex to use for the above stated RG-58A/U > and BNC and TNC connectors. > > > Also, I have a question regarding stripping the cable. I am not going to > be doing high volumes of cables, but probably will be doing them on > different size of coax. Would you recommend a stripper or will a razor > knife suffice. > > Lastly, and relating to the coax strippers: Don't different connectors, > even on the same type/size of coax, need different stripping lengths? This > would probably translate into quite a few different strippers for > different cables and connectors, no? > > Thanks > Albert > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.801 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2805 - Release Date: 04/11/10 14:32:00
