I thought it was a bad idea, untill I borrowed an anritsu 331D and swept my feedlines for proof one way or the other... I just folded the shield back over the sheath, and twisted the PL-259 onto the cable until the dielectric was past the solder holes, trimmed-off the excess shielding, soldered the centre conductor, and called it good. It seems to work well on both RG-8 and several different LMR-400 equivalent cables that I have tried. hardly even a bump on the tester thru 450MHz!
Auke, VE6PWN ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rick Mann" rmann@latencyzero.com To: "AMSAT-BB" amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2007 9:47 PM Subject: [amsat-bb] Where can I buy pre-made feedline?
I'd like Belden 9913 with PL-259 connectors pre-attached, 50'. Ham Radio Outlet (every store) is out of this, and so they sold me 50' bulk cable and connectors. I have been trying VERY unsuccessfully to solder these, but I am unable to do it. I can sold 0603 SMT resistors and 0.5 mm pitch TQFPs, but not this.
I have tried multiple techniques. I am no longer interested in trying to solder this.
Google has been less than helpful in finding online stores.
Can someone point me to a reputable online retailer who can ship this to me immediately? Thank you!
-- Rick
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