hershey
Oct 30, 2014Explorer
Coax connectors
We fulltime so we move around a lot. My satellite dish is tripod mount. I've tried the push on connectors to facilitate the connecting process and frankly, they just wear out too quickly and of cour...
DrewE wrote:Thats what I'd do as well. A good crimper for a BNC isn't going to be cheap tho, but you can buy BNC(M) to F(F), and BNC(F) to F(M) adapters and just screw them into the existing coax.
I might try using BNC connectors. They're coaxial connectors which are at least as good electrically (in the RF range) and are comparatively sturdy. They use a bayonet mechanism to attach, and are quite common in some applications such as electronic test equipment and formerly in "thin" ethernet networking (before twisted pair ethernet became popular). Crimping tools and such would still be necessary to build the proper cables.