Bert,
I don't think I'd worry about it, really. Any
interaction will take some time to happen, and who
keeps the same connectors for that long?
'Doc

It will not happen anyway. That is not a real problem. The real problem is
most of the gold/Teflon PL259's I've seen are not very good connectors. One
batch I had was giving me trouble soldering the braid. So I measured the
inside diameter of the area where the 4 holes you solder the braid through.
It was 0.050" bigger in diameter than the good amphonal connectors I
normally use. It made it hard to solder trying to fill that big of a gap.


--
John Passaneau, W3JXP
Penn State University



"'Doc" wrote in message
m...
Bert,
I don't think I'd worry about it, really. Any
interaction will take some time to happen, and who
keeps the same connectors for that long?
'Doc

"John Passaneau" wrote in message
...
It will not happen anyway. That is not a real problem. The real problem is
most of the gold/Teflon PL259's I've seen are not very good connectors.
One
batch I had was giving me trouble soldering the braid. So I measured the
inside diameter of the area where the 4 holes you solder the braid
through.
It was 0.050" bigger in diameter than the good amphonal connectors I
normally use. It made it hard to solder trying to fill that big of a gap.
I ve had various problems with Gold connectors too. On the last batch the
insulators kept pulling out.There may be some good ones out there but I am
begining to think the gold /Silver is just window dressing for inferior
products.
..

Thanks to all who replied. I think I'll just stick with the Silver-plated
Amphenol 83-1SP. The phenolic has never melted on me and the Silver-plated
body has always soldered up FB. Tnx agn es...

--
Vy 73 de Bert
WA2SI
FISTS #9384
QRP ARCI #11782
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"John Passaneau" wrote in message
...
It will not happen anyway. That is not a real problem. The real problem
is
most of the gold/Teflon PL259's I've seen are not very good connectors.
One
batch I had was giving me trouble soldering the braid. So I measured the
inside diameter of the area where the 4 holes you solder the braid
through.
It was 0.050" bigger in diameter than the good amphonal connectors I
normally use. It made it hard to solder trying to fill that big of a gap.
I ve had various problems with Gold connectors too. On the last batch the
insulators kept pulling out.There may be some good ones out there but I am
begining to think the gold /Silver is just window dressing for inferior
products.
.

Hi All
If you get the connector hot enough to damage the phenolic in the Amphenol
connectors, the coax was all ready melted and dripping out the back. Heat
resistance is a non issue.


--
John Passaneau, W3JXP
Penn State University




"Bert Craig" wrote in message
...
Thanks to all who replied. I think I'll just stick with the Silver-plated
Amphenol 83-1SP. The phenolic has never melted on me and the Silver-plated
body has always soldered up FB. Tnx agn es...

--
Vy 73 de Bert
WA2SI
FISTS #9384
QRP ARCI #11782