In message , alan_m
writes
On 08/02/2019 12:12, Bill Wright wrote:

There's prejudice against soldering because it's a skill.

The skill with a Belling Lee coax connector was applying enough heat to
get the solder to flow without melting the plastic which seems to have
a melting point of a few degrees above ambient

Indeed.

But in many professional installations, no soldering was done, and the
coax inner was simply poked through the pin. In REALLY professional
installations, the coax inner was critically kinked before it was poked
through the pin - thus infinitely increasing the chances of it actually
making a satisfactory contact.
--
Ian