"Robert11" wrote in message
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Seems like this would make a really poor connector, but perhaps I'm
too old
fashioned in thinking that
the only good contact is a soldered one.

Yeah, or a crimped one.


Am I missing anything here ?

Do they actually work ?

I mail ordered some by mistake. I put them on and they actually worked!
Well, kinda. I had to give it some trial and error to figure how much
to strip back the center conductor and how much to screw it on to get a
100% connection. They are easy and convienent, but I don't really trust
them. If the internal connection fails, it would be easy to fix, but
I'd rather not think about failing connections.

Work good enough for a receiver's coax run ?

Indoors should be OK. I wouldn't try to pass much current through them
or use them for anyting mission critical.

Thanks,
Bob


Frank Dresser