alsopb wrote: > > Look at the cost of small quantities of decent BNC connectors. > Then look at the price of prefab cables. You'll find that buying prefab > stuff is cheaper. Add in the cost of a crimper tool and prefab's are the > way to go. > > The break even point is probably several hundred. > There's a lot to be said for the convenience of being able to make cables exactly the length you want, when you want them.
I like the RG-8 Mini cable which is slightly thicker than RG-58, and I bought a batch of crimp connectors for it. But unlike the RG-58 crimp connectors they didn't come with a sleeve to crimp the braid to the connector. They are all one piece (except for the center pin that you solder on as normal) and from the look of them you are expected to crimp the back of the plug on to the bared cable itself, which I wouldn't have thought would give a reliable connection. Consequently I haven't tried to use them. Has anyone come across connectors like this and knows what you are supposed to do with them? ----- Julian, G4ILO. K2 #392 K3 #222. * G4ILO's Shack - http://www.g4ilo.com * KComm - http://www.g4ilo.com/kcomm.html * KTune - http://www.g4ilo.com/ktune.html -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/BNC-Connectors-tp4471688p4474597.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
