[NLRS] Preparing UT-141 for a connector?

[Donn Baker]

Hi Scott,
That MAY work, but usually using pipe cutter will "bend in" the outer
jacket, just like it will with Cu pipe.  With pipe, you can use the
attached tool to remove that flange.  Can't do it with coax.

How I learned to do it years ago was to lay the .141 on a smooth surface
and roll it under a SHARP X-ACTO blade (a knife, not just the blade).
Carefully hold the blade at right angles to the cable, or you'll cut a
"thread" instead of scoring the jacket.  Don't go all the way through, just
score the jacket all the way around; maybe 1/2-way through.  Don't try to
do it all at once; make a couple of passes.

Using a pair of long-nose pliers, grip the end to be removed, and carefully
wiggle it back and forth a couple of times.  It will break cleanly and can
be removed easily.  It won't colapse the jacket, nor cut the dielectric.

Good luck.

73 Donn
WA2VOI/0

At 13:02 01-04-07 +0000, Scott wrote:
>
>
>Looking for ideas on how to trim back the outer "jacket" on UT-141 to 
>expose a short length of inner conductor in preparation for soldering a 
>connector onto it.  My idea would be to carefully use a small pipe 
>cutter to score it and then slide it off.  What other tricks are being used?
>
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