[HCARC] Crimped vs Soldered Coax Connectors??

[Derrell K. Spencer]

I taught aviation micro miniature (2M) circuit board repair certification in the Navy back in the late eighties. The miniature course was five weeks long and the micro was three weeks. The miniature curriculum was mostly high reliability soldering along with circuit board repair. The micro repair was very specialized with high power, stereo microscopes.  The Navy's avionics have to "take a licking and keep on ticking" as John Cameron Swayze used. Our aircraft  get shot off  the deck and hit hard when landing. Soldering connectors is more reliable than crimping when done properly. Crimping by definition is deforming.


Derrell K. Spencer ATCS(AW) USN, Ret
KG5BTT
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