[50mhz] Andrews Heliax assembly?

[Cecil Acuff]

Dave the copper is quite thick.  I do this sort of work for a living and we 
just use a pocket knife to carefully scrape away the remaining residue. 
I've never had a problem with doing that.  You would have to get pretty 
serious with it to scrape through the copper.

Cecil
K5DL
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "G4GED Dave" <radiodave.g4ged at tiscali.co.uk>
To: <50mhz at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2010 3:43 PM
Subject: [50mhz] Andrews Heliax assembly?


> Hi
> I had no luck at all with this on the "Antennas" Reflector. There are 
> surely
> some experienced Heliax users here...HI?
>
> This is a query to do with the assembly of a connector onto Andrews Heliax
> such as LDF4-50A.
>
> When I remove a length of the center polyethylene dielectric with my craft
> knife, a thin film is always left stuck to the conductor.
>
> I'm afraid of scraping this away with the knife or using abrasives for 
> fear
> of damaging the centre conductor's copper capping/plating.
>
> Does anyone have a sure fire method for cleaning up the conductor properly
> in preparation for assembling to a connector please?
>
> Thanks in advance
> Dave
>
>
>
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