[NLRS] LMR400 and N connectors

[Stephen Hicks, N5AC]

I FAR prefer the crimp connectors.  Incidentally I generally solder the
center pin but I buy the silver/gold connectors from Coaxwarehouse on eBay
(no affiliation) and bought a crimp tool (I think from the same guy).  I am
NEVER going back.  They are so easy to use and so fast and they work great.
 When working on a project and someone needs jumpers, I say "how many"
instead of "ohhh yuk."
73,
Steve


Sent from Austin, Texas, United States

On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 08:48, David Palm <thepalmhq at gmail.com> wrote:

>
>
> Hello all,
>
> In preparation for this weekend I was able to get my newly built 222 and
> 432
> quagis up 8 and 10 feet in the air last night and apply some RF to them.
> Thanks to Todd, KC9BQA, for helping me test them on the air.  We were able
> to make the path on both bands, although 432 was extremely light.  I was
> shooting straight into the foliage of a large pine tree, so that may have
> made a difference.
>
> My real question concerns N connectors.  I was scrambling to get two new
> feedlines ready yesterday afternoon and, to my dismay, the pins on some
> surplus N connectors that I had laying around are too small for the center
> conductor of the LMR400.  And I can't really just file it down a bit since
> it's copper-coated aluminum and it can't be soldered once it's been reduced
> in size.  So, am I correct that I will need to buy special Ns for the
> LMR400?
>
> On that same note, I was planning on just going with the solder-pin style.
> But I have heard a number of people advocate strongly for the crimp-style
> connectors.  I'd rather avoid the cost of the crimping tool, but I wonder
> if
> anybody has some feedback on that question.
>
> Thanks and 73,
>
> David  W9HQ
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