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LMR400 Cable
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Crimp. Crimp connectors are the LMR/RF industry standard. When done properly, with the CORRECT crimper and QUALITY connectors, they are a far better finished product. There is a reason the high quality, spec test cabling uses Crimp and not solder.
Even done correctly, you run a real risk of melting and deforming the dielectric material, thus compromising the cable and creating impedance bumps.
This reference has good information on connectors allowed by NASA (usually considered the best), a thing of note is that crimping of solid wires is prohibited, as crimping tinned wires.
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NASA a long time ago in the (I think Mercury program) found that most of thier problems were poor connections (bad solder jobs), which eventually led to a NASA standard soldering quality of work.
Thanks
Joel
(page 51)...
NASA a long time ago in the (I think Mercury program) found that most of thier problems were poor connections (bad solder jobs), which eventually led to a NASA standard soldering quality of work.
Thanks
Joel
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