Paul, I've used that installation method for at least 25 years, its easy to learn and it consistently produces excellent results.
73 Frank W3LPL ---- Original message ---- >Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2012 13:27:07 -0400 >From: "Paul Christensen" <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: Topband: Mother of all ferrite common-mode coaxial chokes >To: <[email protected]> > >> "I've seen literally hundreds of improperly installed PL-259, type N and >> BNC >connectors." > >I agree for the most part, but in the case of using "UG" reducers with a >PL-259, I believe there's a better method over the "proper" procedure >supplied by Amphenol and the ARRL Handbook over the last several decades. > >http://www.w5fc.org/files/how-to/PL259.PDF > >It's a rare case, and in my initial review of the document, I was skeptical. >But after trying this method on several dozen RG-400 shack interconnect >cables, I'm convinced of the superiority of this method as it offers the >builder much greater quality control and work inspection. The builder is >not left to guess about what's happening inside the connector when using a >reducer. If the job isn't done right the first time, it's as easy as >spinning off the body and re-starting. That cannot be easily done with the >"proper" method since it requires soldering the UG adpter into the four >holes of the PL-259 connector body. Disassembly can be done, but with much >more work. Of course, another alternative is to use crimped connectors and >avoid the reducer, but I don't like their use outdoors or on cables subject >to repeated handling at the connector. > >Paul, W9AC > > > >_______________________________________________ >UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK _______________________________________________ UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK
