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
>>
>
>