Most of Tessco's customers are larger commercial affairs, but they do sell
to individuals.  I am not certain about any minimum orders, but the
connectors I use would exceed  any minimum, so I might not be aware of any
minimums.  
73



Alan R. Downing
Phoenix, AZ


-----Original Message-----
From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
On Behalf Of John Miller
Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2014 11:42 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Crimped Coax

They're good but they have a minimum order that often is more than I have at

the time. I have ordered from there and do at times. I think that's where a 
lot of commercial places order from, probably most in this area.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Alan R. Downing" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2014 1:20 PM
Subject: Re: Crimped Coax


>I buy almost all of my connectors from Tessco.  Tessco carries a huge
> selection of every kind of connector known to mankind.
>
> 73
>
>
> Alan R. Downing
> Phoenix, AZ
>
>
> -----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
>
> Radio shack has never had good crimp connectors, I dealt with a lot of it 
> in
>
> my CB days and none of it ever lasted especially on their pre made cables.
> IF you get decent quality crimp connectors or decent quality pre made 
> cables
>
> and stay far far from radio shack crap, it's every bit as good as a 
> soldered
>
> connector no matter what anyone says.
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Steve" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2014 11:28 AM
> Subject: Crimped Coax
>
>
>> This is interesting.   I remember when I put up my first tower.  I was on
>> a
>> budget.  I had good coax for my VHF antenna.  Then, I picked up 100-feet
>> from Radio Shack for my junior tribander.
>>
>> The first or second day, I was working a JA on 20-meters.  All of a
>> 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.
>>
>> I don't know if I had enough of a loop on it or what, but the damn
>> 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.
>>
>> Now, I just feel uncomfortable using crimped coax.  But, if that is what
>> LMR
>> recommends, then I hope they have better crimp-on connectors.
>>
>> Steve, K8SP
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> 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?
>>
>>
>>> 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
>>> 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.