[Elecraft] Reliable PL-259 UHF connector engagement

[Phil Kane]

On 7/29/2020 12:02 PM, George Danner wrote:
> 
> In the 60s & 70s, we had a screwdriver like tool for removing and
> inserting PL-259 connectors in patch-bays in TV stations. It was a
> screwdriver handle and shaft with a steel tube slightly smaller than the
> pl-259. The tube had a longitudinal slot that was big enough for the
> cable to slip through. The side of the tube away from the slot was
> welded to the screwdriver shaft. 

That's a standard tool in the cable industry for installing and removing
"tamper-proof" F-connectors that have a shroud around them to prevent a
subscriber's fingers from loosening them.  It also works on
non-"tamper-proof" connectors that are difficult to reach.
I have one in my collection.

73 de K2ASP - Phil Kane
Elecraft K2/100   s/n 5402

>From a Clearing in the Silicon Forest
Beaverton (Washington County) Oregon