What's the right way to terminate RG6 Quad with F-Conn compression connectors?
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Posted by Frank B Denman on January 20, 2005, 12:26 am
Please log in for more thread options before pushing the cable into the F-Conn FS6U-RV connectors, and it's might hard pushing. I am suspecting that maybe not all of those layers want to be folded back. Does the innermost foil layer want to stay wrapped around the dialectrec? Do any of the outer layers want to get cut off rather than folded back? Today I got my antenna and rotor back up on their roof mount and even cleaned out the rain gutters. With a few clues on foil and braid disposition, I'll be a happy camper indeed. Cheers, Frank Frank Denman Denman Systems (please remove the x from my email address) | ||||||||||||||||
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Posted by Jeff Liebermann on January 21, 2005, 1:16 am
Please log in for more thread options Just the braid gets folded back. Not the foil. This is for a different connector, but it's the same general idea: http://www.interstateelectronics.com/howto/coaxterm.html The FS6U is the F-Conn universal F connector. However, I couldn't find anything with the -RV suffix. What's that? Also, the tool should be doing the brute force work, not you. What kinda tool are you using? If it's a bench vise and a hammer, forget it. >I am suspecting that maybe not all of those layers want to be folded
>back. Correct. Just the braid. >Does the innermost foil layer want to stay wrapped around the
>dialectrec? No, the connector plug slides between the insulated center conductor and the foil. There's no way you can get the center conductor, plus insulation, plus foil, into the center hole. Remove the foil. >Do any of the outer layers want to get cut off rather than folded back?
Yes, all of them. >Today I got my antenna and rotor back up on their roof mount and even
>cleaned out the rain gutters. With a few clues on foil and braid >disposition, I'll be a happy camper indeed. F-conn has a video on how it's done on their web pile: http://www.icmcorp.net/demos/rg6u%20demo.wmv (8.4MB) You can sorta see how the cable is prepared (except they covered up the interesting part with text). -- # Jeff Liebermann 150 Felker St #D Santa Cruz CA 95060 # 831.336.2558 voice http://www.LearnByDestroying.com # jeffl@comix.santa-cruz.ca.us # jeffl@cruzio.com AE6KS | ||||||||||||||||
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Posted by Jeff Liebermann on January 21, 2005, 1:28 am
Please log in for more thread options On Thu, 20 Jan 2005 22:16:53 GMT, Jeff Liebermann
>No, the connector plug slides between the insulated center conductor
>and the foil. There's no way you can get the center conductor, plus >insulation, plus foil, into the center hole. Remove the foil. Argh. That's wrong. The inner foil stays on the center conductor insulation and it does fit in the connector hole. For quad shielded, I remove the outer foil and outer braid. The inner foil stays put. Only the inner braid gets folded back. I've managed to pound a connector to together with both braids folded back, but it was rough. (Reminder: Never yack with visitors while posting to usenet.) -- # Jeff Liebermann 150 Felker St #D Santa Cruz CA 95060 # 831.336.2558 voice http://www.LearnByDestroying.com # jeffl@comix.santa-cruz.ca.us # jeffl@cruzio.com AE6KS | ||||||||||||||||
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Posted by Frank B Denman on January 20, 2005, 8:26 pm
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Thanks, Jeff. I had looked at both those pages, but had assumed they were showing some kind of RG6 that had only a single layer of braid. The tool I'm using is the CablePro LCCT-1, and with the information you have so kindly supplied, the process is *way* easier. Frank Frank Denman Denman Systems (please remove the x from my email address) | ||||||||||||||||
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Posted by Ed Nielsen on January 21, 2005, 1:13 am
Please log in for more thread options Glad you realized that the bonded foil needs to stay there, bonded to
the dielectric. It needs to stay in place to maintain shielding integrity. An excellent article on drops and cable preparation (w/pics) can be found at <http://www.cencom94.com/links.html>. Click on the "Drops" link.
CIAO! Ed Jeff Liebermann wrote: > On Thu, 20 Jan 2005 22:16:53 GMT, Jeff Liebermann
> > >>No, the connector plug slides between the insulated center conductor
>>and the foil. There's no way you can get the center conductor, plus >>insulation, plus foil, into the center hole. Remove the foil. >
> > Argh. That's wrong. The inner foil stays on the center conductor > insulation and it does fit in the connector hole. For quad shielded, > I remove the outer foil and outer braid. The inner foil stays put. > Only the inner braid gets folded back. I've managed to pound a > connector to together with both braids folded back, but it was rough. > > (Reminder: Never yack with visitors while posting to usenet.) > > | ||||||||||||||||
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>before pushing the cable into the F-Conn FS6U-RV connectors, and it's
>might hard pushing.