RG-58 Cable Assembly

Tools

Strip jacket: 10 AWG stranded
Strip conductor: 22-20 AWG solid
Ferrule crimp: 0.213
Center crimp: 0.068
Heat shrink: 1/4"

Specs

RG-58/U: solid center 20 AWG
RG-58A/U: stranded center 20 AWG
RG-58C/U: stranded center 20 AWG
Loss per 100 ft
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1 Mhz: 0.4 dB
10 Mhz: 1.4 dB
30 Mhz: 2.5 dB
50 MHz: 2.5 dB
100 Mhz: 4.5 dB
144 Mhz: 6.2 dB
400 Mhz: 10 dB

PL-259

Strip: 1.5" 
 
    C  /
      /
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     |========----
------    B     A
     \ 
      \
A: 1/4"
B: 1 1/8"
C: 1/4"

I got these off ebay and and they are of poor quality.

Threads will not hold on my radio or tuners.

Lesson learned: don't waste time and money on cheap connectors.

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