[Antennas] Andrews Heliax assembling

[Kevin C. Kidd CSRE/AMD]

I have always carefully scraped the film away.  Just don't scrape THRU
the copper plating.  Do not assemble the connector without removing the
plastic residue.

Good luck,

On 3/31/2010 7:25 AM, G4GED Dave wrote:
> 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 conductor's copper plating.
> 
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