On Sat, 4 May 2013 17:39:39 +0100, Andrew Mawson wrote:

Not sure about that. With the mention of BNC plugs. There are non
crimp ones available for emergency repairs in the field - but the vast
majority rely on being correctly crimped. How else would you connect
the screen?

Years ago when I used to have to make up many BNC leads, the supplied
sockets & plugs had a ferrule thing that you had to slide down between
the screen and inner sheath, and the gripper 'collet' squashed them
tightly into contact. You started striping back to the drawing,
soldered the centre pin on, slid the back nut, rubber squashy thing and
washer on, then the ferrule. Then assembled the whole shebang onto the
body. Got quite good at it G

Possibly not quite the same but close enough for jazz:

http://testfacilities.tpub.com/TM-11...5-928-350037im.
jpg

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Cheers
Dave.