On Mon, 29 Dec 2003 17:40:51 -0600, iF yoU Cee Kay
wrote:

why would you be using RG-11? much bigger than RG-6 and will be hard
to terminate...

I'm not. Like you I suggested RG11 might be a bit large.
I tried it here and replaced it with RG-6 for the satellite feed lines
for both the small dish and C-band.

I found it placed too much stress on the LNBs.

However terminating the RG-11 is easy as they make a connector that
slips right on the cable and has an F connector on the other end.
They are more of a "press on" rather than crimp. Work very well.
OTOH they do nothing to relieve the stress imparted to the LNB
connector by the large cable.

Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member)
(N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair?)
www.rogerhalstead.com



On Mon, 29 Dec 2003 22:59:54 GMT, Roger Halstead
wrote:

On Mon, 29 Dec 2003 14:14:20 -0000, "Carl R. Stevenson"
wrote:


"Roger Halstead" wrote in message
...

You can purchase heat shrink with the hot melt glue on the inside.
When you shrink the tube (starting at the center and working out) the
hot melt glue coats everything and the tube is much stronger than the
stuff you get at radio shack.

Roger,

Would you be so kind as to provide a source/brand name for the
glue-lined heat shrink tubing you mention above?

It's made by 3M and sold by many electrical supply firms.
The first photo in the link below shows the two types they offer.

The numbers are 800 which is 0.800/0.22", or 20/5/6 mm.
The first number is the diameter "un shrunk" while the second is the
smallest working shrunk diameter.

They also make a 400 which is 0.400/.12", or 10/3.1 mm tube.

These are coated internally with something akin to, or it really is,
hot melt glue.

http://www.rogerhalstead.com/ham_files/connectors.htm

The price has gone up some, but I think the last I purchased was a bit
over $10 for a 3 foot length of the 800.

Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member)
(N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair?)
www.rogerhalstead.com
73,
Carl - wk3c