On 16/03/2019 18:10, Terry Casey wrote:
In article
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says...


If you get the wrong one,
they won't fit correctly or likely, at all. So for example, the "normal"
twist on plugs fit ~7mm co-ax, but are too large to fit on the 5mm
"shotgun" style figure eight pair cables. (having said that I have been
able to bodge those by increasing the effective diameter with a few
turns of insulating tape to make up some extra diameter)

I've always respected the wisdom behind your posts until npw
and certainly never thought of you as being a cowboy but
recomending bodging a connection like this for the sake of a
few coppers for the correct connector has destroyed my faith
in you, I'm afraid.

Well your call.

Keep in mind I am not a professional aerial rigger - I have a toolbox
dedicated to working on that kind of stuff, not a fully stocked out van.
So a couple of packs of different sized F connectors usually seem to
cope with all the installations I am called on to do.

Now I was not suggesting it is the right and proper way (hence why I use
the term "bodge"), but having said that, I can't see it's much of an
issue. If you think about it, you add tape, then fold the braid back
over the widened jacket. So you maintain full screening as before, and I
would be surprised if you could detect much difference in impedance from
a connection made with the slimmer barrel plug. All you are doing is
adding enough additional plastic to get a good interference fit with the
threads on the plug and the braid.

Also look at the bigger picture, lets say the **** really does hit the
fan and the wire pulls out of the plug, someone is going to get sub
optimal TV reception until they fix it, its not going to blow their nuts
off!








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Cheers,

John.

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