[ARC5] Tuning Cable Question

[J. Forster]

One of the crimps might be done in two stages,initial and final.

-John

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> The ARB manual (and maybe one or two others) shows a photo of three
> hammer-driven crimpers (I still haven't figured out what the third one is
> for).
> Making similar (not exact) copies wouldn't be too difficult.  The problem,
> of
> course, would be in locating unused ferrules and splines.
>
> Robert Downs - Houston
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> In a message dated 06/04/2014 13:35:03 PM Central Daylight Time,
> aaf-radio-1 at aafradio.org writes:
>> Then obviously you handled them too gently. :-) In installation, they
>> are cut 3/8" per foot longer than the inner cable, then slid back
>> (compressed) until they are slightly shorter.  Wait a few years with
>> rain and humidity, and they're frozen in that position.  The cure is the
>> same - soak in penetrating oil and then exercise per Ken Gordon's
>> instructions for getting up in the morning...heh, heh...
>>
>> Your other wish, to shorten the sheath and inner cable to a different
>> dimension, unfortunately requires some sort of minimal level of
>> tooling.  I can't think of any way around that.
>>
>> 73,
>> Mike  KC4TOS
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