Having heck with connector ends on 9913

[127]

Is there any way to specail little trick to geting the Amphenol end on this 9913. Ive tried two way that i found on the net and each time its messed up.

Any suggestions.

When I did my RG213 connectors on my base it only took my 2 beers to do 4 259s.

[Sheriff Bart]

Great post Linx...in my time in this hobby I've seen 259 males and females installed and not always done correctly. This is where I'd like to add to the technique you demonstrated. When you soldered the plug to the braid it took a lot of heat to flow a connection between the connector and the braid. When I make jumpers or longer coax runs I usually prefer RG214 which is silver plated 213. But as you took care to 'tin' the center conductor I also tin the braid which eases the making of a good electrical connection between the 259 connector and the braid and you don't have to get it super hot that way. In my experience I never was able to get an electrically great connection by folding the braid over and screwing on the 259. It always eats up some of the braid when the threads bite into it.(there's a certain store in DE. that's notorious for just screwing the connector on the coax and not soldering the braid at all and I get a lot of their customers coming to get it done right) Finally like you Linx I prefer my exacto tool over this newfangled coax stripper I bought that makes three cuts at once. Hope everyone had a great fourth and I'm reading the mail.


73's

[Century21]

Ive read in 2 or 3 replys on this topic to fold braid back over the pvc jacket and screw the connector over. Why practice the wrong way? And it DOES matter. Tin the shield and center like said. If you dont have a 100 watt, If your care ful you can do it with a 40 watt. Also dont by cheap connectors, Them cheap ones dont like solder sticking to them. But thats why them holes are there inside the connector, not to cool it lol. Power arcing over? If your running serious power maybe, but if your running that much i dont think you should be using lossy 213 or 9913.

[Texas Mobil 219]

IMO. There is nothing lossy about Beldens 9913 solid core w/double shielding. Its been the best feed line ive put in the mobil. Ive hammered 800 watts thru it for about 7 months now and its worked great. Its lasted long than any of the rg58 or mini 8 has. Now thats some lossy stuff right there.

[Century21]

No its great cable for 800 to a few k.... I dont think a few hundred watts going to make 9913 do any type of arcing anyways. I thinking more along the line of 8, 9 or 10 k. Then that coax would propbably melt. And then short out and arc.. hahha. I run 9913 on the base right now, but if i ever get my plate transformer, i will need to do some upgrading. 9913 is good coax though if you dont need something to awfull flexable, which they do make a flex version.

[hunter]

I just made a Palomar Balun and used the method on the video and it worked excellent. I am going to put an ugly Balun in series with it. just trying to be a good neighbor. I bought a 40' push up pole to get my radiation as high as possible.
I have an old 200 amp tube type Footwarmer kicker but i will use it rarely.
I get out about 10 miles now barefoot but at 48 feet to the tip i should double that.
I just need to be very careful and use a good brand of nylon rope for guys and change them at the first sight of wear or uv damage.
For those doing the same be extra careful because allot of people die every year by losing control of a long pole and it goes across power lines.
If your pole is long enough or close enough it could could hit the top wires on the telephone pole and in many cases that is 4,160 volts to feed our home transformers.
As a lineman for many years I have come to repair lines after a person has died.
A lil off topic, just consider it a lil safety post.
Bottom line the video has it and I've put on to many to remember with my Weller pistol gun type.
Don't get it to hot or the dialectic will melt.