Re: Best brand coax and F connector for HD cable?

["BruceR" <razrbruce@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Try this, I really find it useful:

http://www.lsdinc.com/content/product_details/68

 Robert Green wrote:
> "Lewis Gardner" <lgardner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>
>>> Yeah, I've only been doing installs for 30 years, so what do I
>>> know? I know what I have been trained on and what are best
>>> practices. Lots of things will work, but that is not what I will
>>> recommend.
>>
>> Same here. I have been doing installs for 30+ years but I threw away
>> the hex crimp stuff 10 years ago. You appear to be living in the
>> past.
>
> Haven't been doing crimping for 30+ but I can attest that a SNS
> connection made by an rank amateur like me is better than any hex
> crimp I can perform. Part of the reason is that a good SNS connection
> looks good - you can see pretty quickly if it's not done right.  Not
> so evident with hex crimps. I've seen more than one pro crimp pull
> out over time, especially if the cable has aged a bit and lost some
> of its plasticity
>
> On the issue of QS, maybe it's overkill from a signal leakage POV,
> but it seems the thicker the overall shielding, the more resistance
> it has to physical damage from nicks, cuts, scrapes, rodents and
> other mishaps.
>
> Part of the reason I bought a compression crimper for the small
> amount of cabling I do is to gain a slight edge on reliability.  It
> seems most people believe SNS delivers.  That "reliability edge" is
> also why I use QS for outside and "trunk" cabling - it's heftier, but
> not very much more expensive.
>
> I'll readily admit whatever extra protection I believe I gain is
> physical and not electrical, and maybe not even physical, but only
> psychological, but that's good enough for me!
>
> I think there's an added benefit for tyros like me.  There's so damn
> much braid and foil on QS that it's nearly impossible for even an
> amateur to accidentally remove too much from the end of the cable
> before pushing the connector in.  I'm sure someone's managed it, but
> not me.  At least not yet.
>
> Removing too much braid accidentally is something I seem to do quite
> often with the thinner RG-59 for CCTV use, especially, the 80% braid
> that's done like an open basket weave.  (-:
>
> The only thing I don't like about the SNS connectors, aside from
> price, is that my Ideal connector wrench (screwdriver handle with an
> open hex wrench on the end) won't fit on them - the SNS connectors
> are too big so I end up tightening them by hand.  If anyone knows of
> a good wrench to tighten RG6QS SNS connectors, I'd love to hear about
> it!