ok cool :)   oh and btw I heard you a while back on the air… rock crushing signal on 40 but you apparently did not hear me. I think it was just a random qso.
Michael Thurman
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On Jun 10, 2014, at 1:43 PM, Alan R. Downing <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Tessco's number is 800-472-7373.  Give them a call and tell them that you
> are looking for an SMA barrel(male or female will have to be specified), and
> they will be happy to check.
> I have an account there, so I just email or call my sales rep directly, but
> you can always call in on their main 800 number.
> 
> Alan/KD7GC
> 
> 
> 
> Alan R. Downing
> Phoenix, AZ
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> On Behalf Of Michael Thurman
> Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2014 10:25 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Crimped Coax
> 
> do they have a double male SMA so I can use my upgraded rubber duck =
> that fits my former baofeng ht to work on my old yaesu? Probably cost =
> more than just a new antenna=20
> 
> Michael Thurman
> [log in to unmask]
> 
> 
> 
> On Jun 10, 2014, at 1:20 PM, Alan R. Downing <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 
>> I buy almost all of my connectors from Tessco.  Tessco carries a huge
>> selection of every kind of connector known to mankind.
>> =20
>> 73
>> =20
>> =20
>> Alan R. Downing
>> Phoenix, AZ
>> =20
>> =20
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: For blind ham radio operators =
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>> On Behalf Of John Miller
>> Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2014 9:15 AM
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Re: Crimped Coax
>> =20
>> Radio shack has never had good crimp connectors, I dealt with a lot of =
> it in
>> =20
>> my CB days and none of it ever lasted especially on their pre made =
> cables.=20
>> IF you get decent quality crimp connectors or decent quality pre made =
> cables
>> =20
>> and stay far far from radio shack crap, it's every bit as good as a =
> soldered
>> =20
>> connector no matter what anyone says.
>> ----- Original Message -----=20
>> From: "Steve" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2014 11:28 AM
>> Subject: Crimped Coax
>> =20
>> =20
>>> This is interesting.   I remember when I put up my first tower.  I =
> was on=20
>>> a
>>> budget.  I had good coax for my VHF antenna.  Then, I picked up =
> 100-feet
>>> from Radio Shack for my junior tribander.
>>> =20
>>> The first or second day, I was working a JA on 20-meters.  All of a=20=
> 
>>> sudden,
>>> the signals dropped, and my SWR jumped.  I went out and someone told =
> me it
>>> looked like the coax had come off of the tribander.
>>> =20
>>> I don't know if I had enough of a loop on it or what, but the damn=20
>>> crimp-on
>>> connector was living in the driven element and the coax was just =
> hanging
>>> there.  Had to untape the cables, take that one down and resolder it =
> to a
>>> real connector and bring it up the next day.
>>> =20
>>> Now, I just feel uncomfortable using crimped coax.  But, if that is =
> what=20
>>> LMR
>>> recommends, then I hope they have better crimp-on connectors.
>>> =20
>>> Steve, K8SP
>>> ----- Original Message -----=20
>>> From: "Alan R. Downing" <[log in to unmask]>
>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>> Sent: Saturday, June 07, 2014 1:18 PM
>>> Subject: Re: West Mountain Crimping Tool and Coax?
>>> =20
>>> =20
>>>> Colin, none of the LMR series of coax are supposed to be soldered.  =
> I buy
>>>> a
>>>> ton of connectors for LMR240, LMR400, LMR600, and LMR900, and not a=20=
> 
>>>> single
>>>> one of them is soldered.  Times Micro, the maker of LMR coax, wants =
> their
>>>> connectors to be crimped on.  I own a whole bunch of special prep =
> and
>>>> crimping tools specifically for the different sizes of LMR coax, =
> because
>>>> the
>>>> connectors have to be crimped.=20