Thanks for this info, John.
I guess I'll just have to shop carefully, and ask lots of questions as I go.
The crimping dye for the PL259 connectors just seemed like a handy addition
to the power crimper, since some of my coax connections seem to go bad at
exactly the wrong time.
Will keep you posted.
73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, March 22, 2008 12:36 PM
Subject: Re: crimping PL259 connectors with West Mountain Power Crimping
Tool
>I have some crimp connectors in my go kit, but I don't like them at all,
>you
> still have to solder the center pin and I wanted something I could do in a
> real quick fix. I've used a few on jumpers to get practice with them, you
> have to get special ones though setup for crimping and some are real rip
> off
> prices, some places have them reasonably priced. They seem of decent
> quality
> where I got them, but no good for a quick fix, not the ones for the
> heavier
> cables anyway.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "T Behler" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Saturday, March 22, 2008 12:29 PM
> Subject: crimping PL259 connectors with West Mountain Power Crimping Tool
>
>
>> Hi, again, folks.
>>
>> Well, I bit the bullet, and went ahead and bought the $49 West Mountain
>> Radio power crimping tool.
>>
>> And, while I was at it, I bought the additional dye set that goes with
>> it,
>> containing various additional crimping dyes for other kinds of terminals
>> and
>> connedctors.
>>
>> I noticed that the additional dye set contains a PL259 crimper. My
>> question
>> is: What kinds of PL259 connectors would work with this crimping tool?
>> I
>> can't imagine that the traditionally-available PL259's would be usable
>> for
>> that application?
>>
>> And, do you know of amy crimping tools or arrangements that work for RG8
>> connectors?
>>
>> I do not intend to crimp any coax connections that will be used outdoors,
>> but certainly crimping seems acceptable for indoor connections, or
>> various
>> "quick fix" jobs.
>>
>> Any thoughts?
>>
>> Happy Easter to all on this list. This is a great list.
>>
>> As you can tell, I'm in the learning mode again, and I appreciate
>> everyone's
>> help and patience.
>>
>> 73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
>>
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