Ed:
Please send us the name of the crimper and connectors you have there.
In my view, this may ultimately be the way to go.
I am looking at various options as we speak.
73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
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From: "Ed Malmgren" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2011 11:22 PM
Subject: Fw: A little more info on Shakespeare solderless PL259 connectors
> Well on the PL 259 cons. About a year ago or so I got a crimper and a
> batch of cons. I have probably got 25 or 30 installed by now. I also
> bought some cutters which don't crimp or flatten the center when cutting.
> Also I bought a stripper which works wonderfully and it is very nice to
> only
> have to solder the center conductor which is easy with a gun. I have six
> of
> them outside and so far they work out okay. I accidently forgot to turn
> the
> drive on the rig down two times and checking my meter was running over 2 K
> W
> so something must be working okay. What I'm trying to say is I would
> forget
> all the mess and crimp. 73
> Ed K7UC