Adrian Caspersz wrote:

There was a time obtaining a solder type BNC connector was easy. The kit
of about 9 individual bits assembled with a solder iron and a spanner,
the choice of using 50ohm or 75ohm, different types to suit your cable
diameter. The warm feeling got when ya knew that the centre pin was
definitely soldered and none of the electrons would deteriorate on their
journey.

I've just been looking through Amazon and eBay, doing an RG59 75ohm job.

All I can find are crimp/compression/twist types. Horrible. That centre
conductor ain't secure.

For mass-produced/industrial work crimped connections are more
reliable than soldered. While you (and I maybe) can produce reliable
D-I-Y soldered connections, en-masse they are statistically less good
than crimped ones. I doubt there are very many D-I-Y BNC users now
and so the market simply isn't there for soldered ones.

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Chris Green
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