The one I have in my hand has a solder hole in it. I take it that there are newer ones that have contacts that grip the coax center conductor?
73, Mike www.w0btu.com On Fri, Dec 7, 2018 at 6:04 PM Steve Maki <li...@oakcom.org> wrote: > Well here's the advantage of captivated center pins: the pin is NOT > bonded to the center conductor. IOW, if the coax center conductor > shrinks a bit, it can slide in the center pin and the pin stays put. > > And that's exactly what you want it to do - especially with an N connector. > > -Steve K8LX > > > On 12/07/18 14:25 PM, Mike Waters wrote: > > > 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. > > > On Fri, Dec 7, 2018, 1:02 PM Richard (Rick) Karlquist < > rich...@karlquist.com> > > 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. > > _________________ > Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband > Reflector > _________________ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector
