[Elecraft] BNC Connectors

[Brett Howard]

Ok so if I was looking for a relatively universal crimp tool to meet
most of my needs...  (I'm big on if I'm going to buy something I want it
to do many things)... ;)

I was looking into this crimp tool.. 
http://www.westmountainradio.com/PWRcrimp.htm

For 40 bucks I get the tool and the APP bit then for 14 bucks I could
get the #4 die.  I have no real need for the RJ one as I've got one of
those.  Perhaps someday #5 could be useful for helping friends with CATV
stuff.  But beyond that thats not all THAT expensive and allows for a
good bit of stuff...

>From looking at other coax crimp tools here:
http://www.therfc.com/tooling.htm 
many of them looked to have very limited cable types...  I've got RG8/U,
RG58, RG223, and RG8 for ham type stuff around the house...

The Connex tool there looks similar to the west mtn one but its a bit
pricer...  

Julian has it right on about being able to make cables the length I want
them and with the connectors I want (ie not matching on each end).
Right now I've got a 100 foot N terminated spool of TWB 6001 ultra low
loss stuff in the garage (that work was going to throw out) and I'd like
to use it but honestly I've not ever needed 100' of run to date.  Not to
mention that that stuff is STIFF!!  

Now if someone would just make me some coax that is the size of mini
RG-8 with the performance of RG-217 but the flexibility and cost of
RG-58.  Then I would have no qualms about having to select what types of
coax I want to buy tools and connectors for!  

So far I think that RG-8/U and RG223 are a decent balance...

~Brett (KC7OTG)

On Thu, 2010-01-28 at 07:47 -0600, Steven Pituch wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I have made a coax connector tutorial and have it on my server at:
> 
> http://tinyurl.com/ydhoeyr
> 
> I also have an Anderson Powerpole connector tutorial at:
> 
> http://tinyurl.com/y9knmrr
> 
> Both have lots of info and photos.
> 
> 72,
> Steve, W2MY
>