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Tom and Group, I bought crimper, stripper, cutter and PL 259's from The R F
Connection. Phone 1-800-783-2666. The cutters are made in Italy and do not
flatten out the center conductor of 213 Coax. I just asked for gear to
install plugs.
73
Ed K7UC
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From: "Tom Behler" <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2011 5:12 AM
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: A little more info on Shakespeare solderless PL259 connectors
> Ed:
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> Please send us the name of the crimper and connectors you have there.
>
> In my view, this may ultimately be the way to go.
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> I am looking at various options as we speak.
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> 73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ed Malmgren" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2011 11:22 PM
> Subject: Fw: A little more info on Shakespeare solderless PL259 connectors
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>
>> 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
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