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Ralph Mowery

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I hated soldering on connectors onto RG8! Eventually, I started
purchasing cables with connectors already soldered on, plus there was a
radio shop not too far away that would do it free if RG8 was purchased
from them. Haven't had to solder it in nearly 3 decades though so not
concerned.

Soldering the pl259 to coax was not too bad for me once I either filed
the chrome plating off the part I wanted to solder, or even better was
going to the silver plated type. At that time I was using a Weller
100/140 watt gun. I never did like the BNC or N connectors for putting
the coax on. Too much mechanical work

Then the crimp connectors came out and I have been using them for a long
period of time. Really handy when putting connectors on where you are a
long way from the AC power.

I have gone to crimping all most all wiring that I can for all types of
plugs.

YOu mentioned a wide flat blade. That is probably the one ment for
cutting plastic and not soldering. I have a few but never used them.
Not sure what the tips I use are made of, but they are silver colored
instead of the more common copper tips. However they look like the
copper ones.

I have not used the connectors like you mentioned. They appear to be
similar to other connectors where you solder the wires to. For those I
fill up the cup on the connector and tin the wire. I usually cut the
insulation of the wire off about twice what I want, tin the wire and
then cut to length. Then heat the connector and push the wire in the
cup after the solder melts.

I saw a you tube that does something similar,but he has way too much
solder on the wire. YOu want just enough to hold the strands together.