[Antennas] LMR 400

Sat May 16 17:44:09 EDT 2009

To Bill.
It really means that a poor soldering job was done, OR a cheap version of 
the PL-259 was used which caused the poor soldering job and compounded the 
problem.
Done properly, there is no problem soldering to the silver plated, teflon 
insulated PL-259 connectors and using them from MF up to amateur band UHF 
frequencies.
Been there; Done that; for many, many years. Even did it with Belden 9913 
prior to the advent of the LMR series.
YMMV because of YOPE&E. Hi Dave. Good luck, and 73 de Milt, N5IA
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "K1TTT" <K1TTT at ARRL.NET>
To: <antennas at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Saturday, May 30, 2009 1:22 PM
Subject: Re: [Antennas] LMR 400
>> Why not solder LMR 400? What is the downside? I soldered pl-259s to
>> LMR 400 to use on a VHF/UHF ant and the swr at the top of uhf went way 
>> up.
>> Doe's that make any sense?
>> No.