Re: [Repeater-Builder] Crimp versus Clamp Connectors

2006-02-02 Thread Chuck Kelsey
manufacturers' data sheet. 73 Rod Lane, N1FNE -Original Message- Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Crimp versus Clamp Connectors From: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Crimp versus Clamp Connectors

2006-02-01 Thread Tony King, W4ZT
Eric Lemmon wrote: Lee, I appreciate your comments, but I can rebut them easily. I have seen too many clamp-type connectors pull apart, usually because they were over-tightened during assembly. Take a close look at a MIL-spec clamp-type N connector, and you can see that the knife-edge

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Crimp versus Clamp Connectors

2006-02-01 Thread DCFluX
I just salvaged some silver amphenol BNCs and this was the case.On 2/1/06, Tony King, W4ZT [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:Eric Lemmon wrote: Lee, I appreciate your comments, but I can rebut them easily.I have seen too many clamp-type connectors pull apart, usually because they were over-tightened

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Crimp versus Clamp Connectors

2006-02-01 Thread Q
There is no knife edge against the braid,it is a clamping type connector that the braid folds over a stepped insert. I will relate my experience with crimp connectors when we decided to try them for the first time. We had put 22 antennas up on a 500' Rohn 65 tower with crimped on connectors on

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Crimp versus Clamp Connectors

2006-02-01 Thread Neil McKie
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Re: [Repeater-Builder] Crimp versus Clamp Connectors

2006-02-01 Thread Brett
Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Crimp versus Clamp Connectors Eric Lemmon wrote: Lee, I appreciate your comments, but I can rebut them easily. I have seen too many clamp-type connectors pull apart, usually because they were over-tightened during assembly. Take a close look at a MIL-spec

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Crimp versus Clamp Connectors

2006-02-01 Thread Eric Lemmon
, 2006 6:47 AM To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Crimp versus Clamp Connectors Every Mil-spec clamp type N connector I have ever made put the knife edge towards the red gasket material, not the braid. See the scan of an original instruction sheet: http

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Crimp versus Clamp Connectors

2006-02-01 Thread Glenn Little WB4UIV
-Builder] Crimp versus Clamp Connectors Every Mil-spec clamp type N connector I have ever made put the knife edge towards the red gasket material, not the braid. See the scan of an original instruction sheet: http://testeqdocs.w4zt.com/nconnector/ 73, Tony W4ZT Yahoo! Groups Links

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Crimp versus Clamp Connectors

2006-02-01 Thread Rod Lane
PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Q Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2006 3:11 PM To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Crimp versus Clamp Connectors There is no knife edge against the braid,it is a clamping type connector that the braid folds over a stepped insert. I