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"Poor Man's" coax termination with RG-400(coax stripper)

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hooverra(at)verizon.net
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Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2008 6:24 pm Post subject: "Poor Man's" coax termination with RG-400(coax stripper)

Ralph,

A single edge razor blade or small knife used with care works fine. 

Score the jacket and pull it off with a small diagonal cutter. Do the 

same for the center conductor. Any nicks to the conductors start over!! 

You can master this in several practice attempts and when done properly 

there is no difference in results. Any time you may save with the 

expensive tool you will probably loose looking for the too   The 

diagonal cutter can be used to trim the braid. I have used the expensive 

tools, a razor blade and a swiss army knife over the course of years and 

many hundreds of connectors, The knife is always in my pocket and the 

final result is the same.

Whatever tool you use slide the ferrule on first and then prep the cable.



Here is another option but your wallet will be $50 lighter.

http://www.specialized.net/ecommerce/shop/layout.asp?product%5Fid=108X956



-- 

Ralph C. Hoover

RV7A 

hooverra at verizon dot net

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