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Your cutter is dull or not set properly as you had to cut the insulation separately. If correct the white insulation would have been cut correctly. Also you should leave a bit more copper conductor as that was pretty short and the crimp may be missed.

a real professional well done thanks for sharing have learnt lots

this does take a little practice and a little fine tuning of that tool. so be patient with yourself.

Greetings from ZL3PAE i was wondering about a roof rack mount for a dual band antenna ... whats the best options when the roof has a roof boax also?

thank-you for this!

Nice video. I thought you mentioned you have your blades set at A and D for RG 58? Any idea what the correct blade spacing would be for RG6?

A true tradesman. Thanks.

I have a Diamond BC200 white stick antenna (6.5dBm), factory tuned to 477MHz. Same one as on the Auckland ch5 repeater. Bought off the owner who imports them. Awesome antenna, similar setup.

Had no idea it was this versatile! Thank you for the video!

might give this a go, I have the genuine Molex one for Motorola connectors, but use the 1.4 which is on here also, and seems a bit cheaper :)

That 16mm nut is also removed than installed on top of the bracket you are mounting to, than you install the top hat nut on top (reason why the top hat nut is con-caved underneath)

clever stuff.

best video yet! yes i also laughed when i saw that other video from the cable compagny that just slipped the pin onto the center conductor and just slipped it inside the BNC without even crimping it.

Goodday, where do you source your pulse connectors?

Thanks are other trucks aloud to use this to

helps me alot...🤟

Do these repeaters only work with Tait radios ? Interested in converting one to GMRS Freqs. Cool vids , very informative .

Thanks,,,,

I'm sorry about the video quality. I think this is caused by a strobe effect between the camera shutter and the fluro lights in my workshop. Unfortunately I can't re-shoot it, because I have already given this unit to the local ham radio club.

Old fart

I've had so much trouble finding proper instructions for coax strippers. For example, the online Jaycar catalog, there was no manual, no instructions, no info on the manufacturer, just the description: "Simply rotate the stripper clockwise around the cable 3 to 6 times." It's been the same Mouser, Digikey, Cinch.... To make matters more difficult, I want to make cables with RG-316DS, which isn't nearly as common as the thicker cables. I had ordered one of these tools (before seeing this video), and had no idea it was intended to be opened.

It's unfortunate that I see a lot of fire service utes having quarter wave aerial installs very much setup like the worksafe ute when firefighter comms are mission critical. Part of the problem is that the manufacturers themselves provide all sorts of brackets for their ground-dependent aerials that allow them to be bolted on to the sides of vehicles.

Awesome

Thanks for answering my question above and beyond! I agree that the MB10 has a much better seal than the Pacific base so that's what I'll be using. Cheers

Good to see yah back mate keep the content coming

Would you recommend a GME / RFI type base over a Hi-Tec or Pacific base? Seems like it's your go-to. Also, would a Pacific aerial collet fit on a GME base?

You deserve more views mate! First video I have seen about PRS aerials that explains the purpose and physics behind the phasing coil. Thanks for sharing your knowledge!

Hey there, do you use Hi-Tec aerials? It would be useful to see how to properly terminate their 1/4 wave whip bases. Cheers

That, good sir is excellent information. Our frequencies here differ. No license uhf 462mhz No license vhf 151mhz No license hf 27mhz However, that information is universal. As I am building antennas and specifically 1/4 wave I found it very helpful. 73s (27.555)

good thing my SUV is 20 years old and has 230,000 miles on it because I'm about to drill a hole in the roof and not feel bad one bit, i love the dome light idea to gain access thank you for making a video of your install.

Best video I've come across on TH-cam for this explanation. Thank you so much. THUMBS UP!! 5 STAR.

Hi, When I have finished crimping the barrel and do the test by pulling, the connector comes off without applying too much force. Could it be down to the cheap crimping tool? Or is it normal that you shouldn't pull the connector too hard? Thank you

Thanks - great video with good explanation on what does what and how to change it.

2+ years later I still appreciate the info here in the USA!

Came Grimm blancolirio vid. Good vid sir. 5G might be a big problem.

Wonder who has a coax network in their car.. that would be mad fun ;:D

Great Video Sir, Im a new Telecommunications Technician Trainee for the State Of California and this finally answered where the PL detector was in the block diagram! Thank you!!!

Nice vid m8. Just wish you would have shown a bit more detail how to correctly orient the crimping tool on the centre pin

So when your turning your antenna from your lowest to your highest frequency does it matter if your lowest is a simplex channel and your highest is a repeater channel?

Hello from the states Alabama

Get a high power cb 1000watts

How is it mate hows about putting a video up of how to properly assemble a rfi mbc base and coax and what grade if solder to use and what not

Nice video. I have the exact same stripper but find it useless for my BNC connectors. The cutting of the outer and inner pieces doesn't match my BNC. I gather you can open it up and change where the cuts are made. There's a YT video on it. However on my unit the axle holding the blades in place can't be removed.

One other thought... Motorola offers 900MHz (unlicensed in the US) digital spread spectrum radios (DTR series) that might be a solution for short distances.

I'm not a certified pro or anything, but it seems to me that this is just the FM capture effect, especially with the proximity of the test gear. The analogue radio is jamming the signal enough to corrupt the digital stream so the audio simply shuts down, however I think it would equally impair another analogue radio as well. While analogue would not go quiet like the digital radio, it would likely be unusable. With some separation, some error correction might help the digital signal vs analogue under the same conditions. What do you think of this as a possibility?

What do you think of the non tuning RFI aerials....

It is not limited to DMR being "Blocked" even analogue (FM) will be unintelligible if there are two transmitters transmitting at the same time, or be "Blocked" if you are using CTCSS Tones

This is interesting, if you purchase the rights of a repeater frequency in NZ. Can you use talk around simplex?

I have just run this test. I used a Vertex Standard EVX5400 and a Radioddity GD-77 as my DMR radios and then used a Baofeng UV5R as the alalogue FM. Analogue power 5 watts. Radioddity 5 watts. Vertex 50 watts. At close range, 1m - 2m, blocking DID occur. At 10-15m, blocking occured about 50% of the time and at 15-20m blocking was rare. It did seem that blocking of the digital signal was more likely to occur when the analogue transmission had already commenced and that the digital signal was less likely to be blocked when the digital transmission was underway before the analogue. Interesting stuff, and it certainly warrants further investigation. My "interfering" analogue radio was only 5 watts. I can imagine that this issue could become quite serious as you suggest when a nearby station is operating higher power or directed signal. I wonder whether similar results would occur with P25, Fusion, etc?

I think your point is very clear however have you conducted test with varying levels of unwanted RF, eg the analogue signal. The proximity of the handheld in relationship to then 2 mobile units being very close, which would amount to some degree of swamping. I would suggest trying this same test with a signal mixer into the receiving mobile RT and inject via a hybrid coupler an analogue signal of a level that would be in line with a real world scenario. It would be interesting.