[Elecraft] KE: issue with installation of K3EXREF interface

[Mike Cox]

Mine broke off too. It appeared for be a crimped ferrule but it split 
and fell off as though it were already fractured. I carefully soldered 
the coax braid to the connector to maintain the electrical connection. I 
was careful not to overheat and melt the dielectric of the coax which 
could have shorted the center conductor to the shell. It's working well!

Mike, AB9V

On 4/2/2016 16:16 PM, Jim Spears wrote:
> While installing the K3EXREF SMA-TMP cable, I ran into an interesting issue
> which I do not yet know if it is a problem or just interesting.
>
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> There is a ferrule or something similar over the cable where it attaches to
> the SMA fitting that is installed on the back panel.  while tightening the
> hex nut down, I must have torqued something as the ferrule broke into two
> pieces and fell off.  I finished off the installation and verified that the
> GPSDO does provide a suitable 10 MHz signal into the radio.
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> So the question becomes:  is this interesting or a problem?   I took a close
> look and the problem might be improper grounding of the shield to the
> chassis at the SMA connector end.
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> If it is deemed to be a potential problem, I can request a new cable from
> support.  It will not take long to replace the cable.
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> Jim/N1NK
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