Hello... This is my first post and I want to say this site is an awesome resource! I have a question that I've searched and searched for to no avail (both here and on google). I have some premium RG8X coax with a stranded conductor that I want to mate with a compression BNC connector made for RG59. The problem is the center conductor appears to large (in diameter) to mate internally with the BNC connector's center pin. In fact, I know it is, because I tried it last night and it made a mess of the center conductor. Then I tinned the conductor and it would not slide onto the cable. Finally, I filed the tinned conductor into a "point" and it seemed to work, but I'm not happy with this at all. I'm thinking it might have been better to remove a strand or two from the center conductor prior to tinning. How should this really be done?
-Mel
PS: The connectors are DataShark 70047 and the cable is JSC Mini-8/U Type #3060.
-Mel
PS: The connectors are DataShark 70047 and the cable is JSC Mini-8/U Type #3060.