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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From: "Phil Scovell" <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2011 9:07 PM
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: A little more info on Shakespeare solderless PL259 connectors

> RG8X Minnie coax is a little large than RG59 and is good for 1500 watts.
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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
>>