Any9ne know if this antenna mod would work? 40/20m dipole

[WØTKX]

As are crimp N connectors.

You just need the good stuff.
The crimpers are very expensive.

[kb2vxa]

So now it's crimp vs. solder? I could make a comment about Radioreference and QRZoo turning me into the grumpy old bastid but I bite my tongue. We're talking AMATEUR Radio here, not professional installers or companies that manufacture cable assemblies where it PAYS to have a toolbox full of expensive strippers and crimp dies because time is money.

Getting back to The Torch, (somebody's old CB handle) I used a propane torch with a soldering tip for outdoors and since I got a little better at it have a pencil torch I took off a crack ho and can of butane in my toolbox. I also have the previously mentioned horse leg iron, an assortment of pencils I picked up here and there and a temperature controlled soldering station so on occasion when I have to solder something I have the right tool for the job.

[K7SGJ]

So now it's crimp vs. solder? I could make a comment about Radioreference and QRZoo turning me into the grumpy old bastid but I bite my tongue. We're talking AMATEUR Radio here, not professional installers or companies that manufacture cable assemblies where it PAYS to have a toolbox full of expensive strippers and crimp dies because time is money.

Getting back to The Torch, (somebody's old CB handle) I used a propane torch with a soldering tip for outdoors and since I got a little better at it have a pencil torch I took off a crack ho and can of butane in my toolbox. I also have the previously mentioned horse leg iron, an assortment of pencils I picked up here and there and a temperature controlled soldering station so on occasion when I have to solder something I have the right tool for the job.

Crack hos assemble coax assemblies? Who Gnu?

[kb2vxa]

Anyone who bought Radio Shack coax assemblies, that's who.

[K4PIH]

You don't want to use Radio Shack connectors. If you use ahot iron the plastic insulator between the center and the body will meltbecause they use recycled plastic from computer cases from Mumbai ... overpriced/dubiousquality. Buy some real connectors from HRO mail order or a local supply store.Like the Pappa John's commercial, better connectors, better soldering, betterRF. You need a good solder connection on the center pin and a good compression sleevepinching the shield to the outer.
As for crimp coax connectors, I leave those to the 18 yearold college students with the COX cable magsign on their Subaru.

[N8YX]

As for crimp coax connectors, I leave those to the 18 yearold college students with the COX cable magsign on their Subaru.

Problems with Subarus? :chin:

[KG4NEL]

Are they held together with RG-6 and crimps?

[K7SGJ]

Problems with Subarus? :chin:

Maybe it's just the 18 year old college students with Cox.

[KG4NEL]

Pfft, what do they know about pinching the compression sleeve at that age.

[K4PIH]

Coat hangers, lots and lots of coat hangers.