[Elecraft] Radio Shack Part No. 278-102

[Phil Wheeler]

Bill,

The closest I've come to that is a twist-on PL-259 for RG-8X. That 
worked fine.

My only thought is that maybe your coax is a little larger in diameter 
than it should be.  And, of course, make sure it is really RG-58 vs. 
RG-59 or RG-8X

If it is RG-58, maybe you can use sandpaper to make the outer insulation 
a tad smaller in diameter where the connector cares.

73, Phil

Bill Scovell wrote:

>Greetings from 'down-under'.
>Just before the recent closure of theTandy chain in Australia, I
>purchased a number of gold plated, solder-less, twist on type BNC
>plugs for RG58 cable --- Radio Shack Part No. 278-102 --- which looked
>like the greatest thing since girls (well almost). Maybe it's my
>arthritic fingers but I've only succeeded in screwing in about 3/8
>inch of cable, insufficient for anything to connect.
>Is there some trick to loading these things that this antipodean has
>failed to recognise?
>