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Butch
WA0VJR
Node 3148
Wallace, ks.


What kind of crimp ons do you use and what crimper?  On Tue, 29 Nov 2011, 
Phil Scovell wrote:

> I meant to say,
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>> RG8X Minnie coax is a little larger than RG59 and is good for 1500 watts.
>> I use nothing but the crimp on connecters for jumper cables and
>> transmission line.  Sure, it works on 2 meters and 6 meters and any band
>> but it starts getting lossy by ten meters and a lot more lossy for VHF and
>> hardly worth it on UHF.  If you are using over 100 feet, it becomes even
>> worse, as far as loss is concerned, the higher you go.  But my point is, I
>> use those crimps on and nothing else and have for years.
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> Phil.
> K0NX
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Phil Scovell" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2011 9:07 PM
> Subject: Re: A little more info on Shakespeare solderless PL259 connectors
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>> Phil.
>> K0NX
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>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Tom Behler" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2011 6:47 PM
>> Subject: A little more info on Shakespeare solderless PL259 connectors
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>>
>>> Hi, all.
>>>
>>> For those interested in the Shakespeare solderless PL259 coax connectors
>>> I've been discussing, I talked to a guy from Shakespeare Technical
>>> Support
>>> this afternoon, and he told me that the connectors will only handle up to
>>> 500 watts.  So, I guess it would be wise to limit the connectors to
>>> situations where relatively low output power levels are involved.
>>>
>>> I hope this info helps someone.
>>>
>>> I'll let you know my experiences when I try out one of the connectors,
>>> hopefully this week-end.
>>>
>>> 73 from Tom Behler:  KB8TYJ
>>>
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