October 20th, 2018, 1:00 pm
October 20th, 2018, 1:01 pm
SoundMods wrote:Actually, the 3/8-inch diameter conductor fit into the center pin of the PL-259 perfectly. The center pin with the inserted conductor sucked in the wet solder beautifully. The female PL-259 enabled me to solder pig-tails to feed through the holes in the floor to the respective amp./speaker. Since it was a panel-mount type my floor became the "panel." Should I find something even better I can terminate the un-obtanium cables with PL-259s and simply plug in. No futzing with pig-tails and terminating future pig-tails. Running the cable through the cable-tie suspenders is not my idea of fun especially with all of the crap I have in my basement, but that's the charm of this hobby. It can be work.
October 20th, 2018, 1:04 pm
Roscoe Primrose wrote:SoundMods wrote:Actually, the 3/8-inch diameter conductor fit into the center pin of the PL-259 perfectly. The center pin with the inserted conductor sucked in the wet solder beautifully. The female PL-259 enabled me to solder pig-tails to feed through the holes in the floor to the respective amp./speaker. Since it was a panel-mount type my floor became the "panel." Should I find something even better I can terminate the un-obtanium cables with PL-259s and simply plug in. No futzing with pig-tails and terminating future pig-tails. Running the cable through the cable-tie suspenders is not my idea of fun especially with all of the crap I have in my basement, but that's the charm of this hobby. It can be work.
Actually, if you're thinking about making a pair for use at CAF, it might make more sense to not terminate the cables in PL-259/N connectors at all, and solder the pig tails directly to the cable. Oh, and just for reference, there's no "female PL-259", it's properly an SO-239...
Roscoe
October 20th, 2018, 1:29 pm
mix4fix wrote:I try to build some for our room.
How long should they be?
October 20th, 2018, 2:20 pm
mix4fix wrote:mix4fix wrote:I try to build some for our room.
How long should they be?
I threw together the positive of one side. About six foot with banana plugs.
I was thinking of twisting the positive and negative runs. Will that help? At the very least, I want to do it for the cosmetic purpose.
I should be done to try them out at Tube's house.
October 20th, 2018, 5:45 pm
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