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Paul Valovich

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Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2019 6:31 am Post subject: Building Coax

When building a coax cable can I use a male D-sub pin instead of the pin supplied in the connector bag? 

  

Tried to crimp those pins with a D-sub crimper and it didn’t go well. I now have extra connectors with no pins.

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echristley(at)att.net
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Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2019 7:27 am Post subject: Building Coax

You could use a piece of clipped off a paperclip if you could get it to stick.  The problem is reliability.

Those pins are designed to "click" inside the connector, or be seal with a silicone o-ring.  Until moisture seeps in, just leaving the center wire sticking out will work just as well as the crimped pin.  Getting the connector to go together without bending the center wire and destroying the connection . . let's say I've done it, but don't really want to do it again.

I'm pretty sure you can get just the pins fairly cheap.



                  

                                                                    On Thursday, January 10, 2019, 9:32:33 AM EST, Valovich, Paul <pvalovich(at)dcscorp.com> wrote:                 

                 



                 



                           

When building a coax cable can I use a male D-sub pin instead of the pin supplied in the connector bag?  

    

Tried to crimp those pins with a D-sub crimper and it didnâ€™t go well. I now have extra connectors with no pins.

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nuckolls.bob(at)aeroelect
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Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2019 8:38 am Post subject: Building Coax

At 08:30 AM 1/10/2019, you wrote:

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		  When building a coax cable can I use a male D-sub pin instead of the pin supplied in the connector bag?

  

 Tried to crimp those pins with a D-sub crimper and it didn’t go well. I now have extra connectors with no pins. 	


   the connectors are cheap. 



  https://tinyurl.com/yd4z7gta



   throw the first one away and start over.



 

 

   Bob . . .

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Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2019 9:43 am Post subject: Building Coax

On 1/10/2019 9:30 AM, Valovich, Paul       wrote:

     

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When building a coax cable can I use a male           D-sub pin instead of the pin supplied in the connector bag?         

          

Tried to crimp those pins with a D-sub           crimper and it didn’t go well. I now have extra connectors           with no pins.                  

     	
     

I had a similar situation.  I substituted a D-sub pin and it       seems to have worked well.     

With that said, I'm ordering some extra pins for my remaining       orphan plugs per Bob's post.     

Question: What is one supposed to crimp those pins with?  The       D-sub crimper?

            	 		 			 				 			 		 		 			

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Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2019 10:36 am Post subject: Building Coax

There is, of course, a         specialty crimper. The ratchet crimper I have has small holes         for crimping the pin and then a larger hole to crimp the         ferrule. Something like https://tinyurl.com/y7tv4jzl     

--Rick

          On 1/10/2019 12:42 PM, Bill Watson       wrote:

     

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		                On 1/10/2019 9:30 AM, Valovich, Paul         wrote:

       

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When building a coax cable can I use a             male D-sub pin instead of the pin supplied in the connector             bag?           

            

Tried to crimp those pins with a D-sub             crimper and it didn’t go well. I now have extra connectors             with no pins.          

       	
       

I had a similar situation.  I substituted a D-sub pin and it         seems to have worked well.       

With that said, I'm ordering some extra pins for my remaining         orphan plugs per Bob's post.       

Question: What is one supposed to crimp those pins with?  The         D-sub crimper?

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nuckolls.bob(at)aeroelect
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Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2019 10:57 am Post subject: Building Coax

At 11:42 AM 1/10/2019, you wrote:

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		  On 1/10/2019 9:30 AM, Valovich, Paul wrote:

  	  Quote: 	
		  When building a coax cable can I use a male D-sub pin instead of the pin supplied in the connector bag?

  

 Tried to crimp those pins with a D-sub crimper and it didn’t go well. I now have extra connectors with no pins. 	


 I had a similar situation.  I substituted a D-sub pin and it seems to have worked well.



 With that said, I'm ordering some extra pins for my remaining orphan plugs per Bob's post.



 Question: What is one supposed to crimp those pins with?  The D-sub crimper? 	


   The tool you crimped the hex-sleeve should

   have a die for pins



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   See  https://tinyurl.com/y7to3wnb



 

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Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2019 11:03 am Post subject: Building Coax

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 I had a similar situation.  I substituted a D-sub pin and it seems to have worked well. 	


   NOT A GOOD IDEA.  The pin retaining mechanism

   for these two technologies could not be more

   different. Further, the d-sub pin o.d. is

   0.040" while the BNC pin o.d. is 0.052"



   NOT a good match.



 

   Bob . . .

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Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2019 11:20 am Post subject: Building Coax

Hi Bob,

Could you remove me from the email notification portion of the list?  

Thank you,

Craig Schulze

From:  <owner-aeroelectric-list-server(at)matronics.com (owner-aeroelectric-list-server(at)matronics.com)> on behalf of "Robert L. Nuckolls, III" <nuckolls.bob(at)aeroelectric.com (nuckolls.bob(at)aeroelectric.com)>

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Date:  Thursday, January 10, 2019 at 11:02 AM

To:  <aeroelectric-list(at)matronics.com (aeroelectric-list(at)matronics.com)>

Subject:  Re: Building Coax



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 I had a similar situation.  I substituted a D-sub pin and it seems to have worked well. 	


   NOT A GOOD IDEA.  The pin retaining mechanism

   for these two technologies could not be more

   different. Further, the d-sub pin o.d. is

   0.040" while the BNC pin o.d. is 0.052"



   NOT a good match.

  Bob . . .

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Mauledriver(at)nc.rr.com
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Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2019 9:53 am Post subject: Building Coax

On 1/10/2019 2:02 PM, Robert L.       Nuckolls, III wrote:

     

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           I had a similar situation.  I substituted a D-sub pin and it           seems           to have worked well. 	
       

         NOT A GOOD IDEA.  The pin retaining mechanism

         for these two technologies could not be more

         different. Further, the d-sub pin o.d. is

         0.040" while the BNC pin o.d. is 0.052"

       

         NOT a good match. 	
     

I'll get that fixed!  Thanks as always.     



            	 		 			 				 			 		 		 			

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