Exactly my experience, even with captivated pins!! And my coax runs were only about 100' long.
The captivating washers were made of Teflon®, *and Teflon cold flows*. This was when I lived in Toledo, Ohio when the temperature dropped well below zero. Four photos of those N connectors are at http://www.w0btu.com/files/misc/N_plugs . See the last two. 73, Mike www.w0btu.com On Fri, Dec 7, 2018, 1:02 PM Richard (Rick) Karlquist <[email protected]> wrote: > My two 500 foot RG-216 military surplus cables both eventually exhibited > retracted pins on the type N connectors at both ends. I replaced them with > PL-259's. ... Success anecdotes about install once and never touch again > commercial sites are probably not relevant to ham applications. > > Rick N6RK > _________________ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector
