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:
>
> 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
>
> ----- 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
>
>
>>    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