Tom,
Congrats on the new toy. Don't pinch your fingers. As you guessed, you
need special crimp connectors. In the one's that I've used, the knurled
ring is held captive to the body of the connector. It spins, but won't come
off. The second part is a metal ferrule. You slide this ferrule on the
coax and prep the end. Slide the main part of the connector onto the coax
and the body of the connector slides over the center insulator and under the
braid. Now you slide the ferrule over the braid and crimp it. The braid is
now sandwiched between the ferrule and the body of the connector. Some
tools allow you to crimp the tip of the center pin, but you should also
solder it if possible or jus solder it without crimping.
Joel at the RF Connection is real nice to deal with and will answer
question. They have pl-259 and type N crimp on for RG8 type. Don't know
if you need anything special for the tool you have, but RFC would be a good
place to start.
http://www.therfc.com/
73, Steve KW3A
----- 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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