Warning: I found a weird trick for coax pin crimps that actually worked

I was trying to replace a BNC connector on a test cable last week and my crimper just would not make a solid connection, kept getting intermittent signal. Out of frustration, I tried putting a tiny piece of the stripped coax shielding back over the center conductor pin before crimping, just to add a bit of bulk. It worked perfectly, gave the crimp something to really bite into. Has anyone else tried something like this, or is this a terrible idea I just got lucky with?

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2 Comments

kevin_roberts411mo ago

Ever notice how the best fixes come from pure frustration?

the_henry1mo ago

That weird trick sounds like the kind of thing you'd get yelled at for in a proper lab, but honestly, if it works it works. Reminds me of the time I fixed a shaky monitor by wedging a folded-up gum wrapper in the VGA port. Sometimes the janky fix is the one that lasts for years.