On Thu, 06 Dec 2012 14:22:27 -0500, "Michael A. Terrell"
wrote:

Quad shield requires a larger outer diameter than standard RG/6. The
center is the same size, but the extra layer of braid & the second foil
makes for a larger OD. I've seen people peel back the two outer shield
layers to use regular connectors, or fold all four back on themselves
without the jacket. Sloppy, can pull out, or flexing will break the
shield.

That's correct. Note that I also screwed up in decoding the coax
cable part numbers. One is double shielded, the other is quad
shielded.

Another way to kludge it is to buy all quad shielded connectors. When
dealing with the smaller diameter double shielded cable, the ground
connection is made with the inner shield pair. Just slip a piece of
shrink tube over the outer jacket and compress. It actually works
nicely (if the shrink tube is at least 1" long), looks nice, and has
survived a unofficial pull test. Since I obtained two Kroy "Tube
Marker" shrink tube printers, I've been doing this fairly often.

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