Ah yes..... Dry out here so have run into few swelling problems. Different story back on the East Coast. I have a very skinny pair of needle-nose pliers that help with the locking clips. Dennis D. W7QHO Glendale, CA On Apr 5, 2010, at 3:41 AM, David Stinson wrote: > Tips concerning those big 1930s PL-series connectors > like the PL-61 and PL-64: >