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Have to agree to disagree here, Dave. It's such a tight interference fit, that I literally had pain in my wrist from holding the cable as I tightened them down with a pair of needle-nosed Vise Grips. <br><br>That's not to say soldering the braid is a bad idea, it certainly couldn't hurt. I just don't think it's entirely necessary. <br><br>I'm toying with the idea of taking down the vertical completely and putting the top loop at the top of the mast. Not only will that reduce the wind load on my flimsy mounts, but it will also allow me more height... We'll see what happens.<br><br><hr id="stopSpelling">Date: Thu, 7 May 2009 09:57:51 -0400<br>From: kb1fsy@vhfwiki.com<br>To: john.foege@gmail.com; 450@lists.vhfwiki.com<br>Subject: Re: [450] Loops are finally up to height... (pics)<br><br>Also, just twisting on the connectors and soldering the center pin is not adequate at VHF frequencies, you need to actually put the connector on properly.<br><br><div class="EC_gmail_quote">On Thu, May 7, 2009 at 12:45 AM, <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:john.foege@gmail.com">john.foege@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="EC_gmail_quote" style="padding-left: 1ex;">Use DSD to seal your connectors..heh<br>
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