Thank you for the knowledge that you show and share with us I made my own solder connections on rg400 I did it just like you showed on your other video they turned out great I wished I had a little better solder but what I had worked I tested the ends and everything came out awesome thank you and God bless
Nice trick for bird 43 .still shocked at how much a see RG 58/U and RG 58A/U coax being used all over. RF parts has good connectors also. I use N and mini UHF that used on 450-470 MHz radios. I have N mail on my helix. had to use a adaptor to PL 259. great video ! 73's
Bird should be ashamed of themselves using that inferior garbage (coax)🤣 I like the mini "N" connectors myself, double insulated, Silver and Gold plated . I Love your videos especially Tutorials like this, bitchen work, outstanding step by step process coverage!!!.. Can't say enough about your work "BBI".. Thank you for all you do for the RF community!!!🇺🇸👍✌ P.S....... Dear B.B.I.... I just went to that MSG website you told us about!!!..FFFFUUUUUUCCCCKKK!!!!!....Iam in Love 😍 ...and my Wife is pissed!!!👌🤣👍. Ive been out of the RF loop for a bit, never heard of the Company, Shit, they even sell Fiberglass for Quad antenna building. Years back, my Father built a massive 4 element Qubical quad for 20m, the fucking boom was 56'f in width and was made out of Two C-130 aeleron push rods which were made out of Chromollybdenum, Lockheed Aircraft always threw shit like that in the scrap bin and Dad would haul it home, The spreaders were "Diawa" deep sea fishing pole blanks, He managed to strike up a deal with Diawa and purchased a SHIT TON of them. Getting off subject, anyhow, THANK YOU for the web address, now its time to empty the wallet!!!....🇺🇸✌👍
Been thinking of doing this for some time. That fat garbage wire is annoying when I re assemble my meters. Lol. Any good tips on sticking the line sections directly to the back of the amplifiers? Trying to see if there is a viable way to loose a connection.
@@MrNobody-gi3gj my line sections are directly attached to my boxes,the one so239 on each line section was replaced with the high grade silver/Teflon Amphenol pl259s. Pull the 4 screws for the so and pop in the pl and 4 screws. I actually spent a couple hrs tonight making up new remote ac leads for both my mobile & base using some double shield rg400 that I got for a song from a local hamature. Only thing I do differently is my bird movements are in aluminum cases and I take the silver bird so239s that I’ve removed from line sections when swapping pl259s and mount them in either the back or the sides of my aluminum meter cabinets. It’s worked well for me plus i enjoy the tinkering and fab side of the hobby immensely. Hopefully some of my fabri-cobbling will help someone. 770 DieselDoc or Boilermaker 43mi west of our nation’s capital Western Maryland waving
@@SkipShooter well my thought process would like to eliminate one connection. Basically has the so239 on the end that will go to antenna coax, but the other side is bolted directly to the box via the 4 screws. I thought maybe running either so239 or pl 259 on inside of box sandwiching the box between that connection or having a fixture that would allow for direct solder. This would help eliminate the line section from being "hung" from the connector on the box. Maybe I need to draw a picture or lay it out elsewhere if I am not explaining iy good enough.... (I prolly am not lol)
@@MrNobody-gi3gj l understand what you’re picturing,if that’s how you want to set your lines up go for it. I was merely giving example of how mine are set up for many years with never any issues of cases sagging,pulling the 239s off anything of that nature. Like the old adage says,more than one way to skin a cat. One thing I do to all my boxes is I always put the 2 screws in both 239s rather than the 2 screws or even aluminum pop rivets. Most cases I replace the sheet metal screws holding both 239s to the cases with stainless or brass machine screws with washers and nuts.
I can’t afford Byrd meters I wonder if you can make my dosey meters work as good. It’s been calibrated to Byrd 43’s and they are stingy on peak but rms they are the same as Byrd. I would love to have him or someone who knows what they are doing make them as good as Byrd 43’s meters. But disability doesn’t pay rent utilities and food so I guess I’ll keep dreaming.
Bird 43 is OLD tech. There's Chinese made power meters for $45 that are 5% accurate, digital. And have a wide range of measurement. They don't need expensive elements. Bird is old.
I’ve restored three Dielectric 1000’s RF watt meters, it’s a shame they closed their doors, they had good quality meters like bird. 73
Amazing to me 46 years in cb and many soldering technics and I'm still learning from young pups like yourself. Thank you again🤗
Thank you again Mr. BBI for sharing your knowledge and hello from Rhode Island.
Thank you for the knowledge that you show and share with us I made my own solder connections on rg400 I did it just like you showed on your other video they turned out great I wished I had a little better solder but what I had worked I tested the ends and everything came out awesome thank you and God bless
well i messed up the ending there.. lol
Nevermind I just watch the end of the video that was my curiosity right there Thank you. BBI Boston Strangler waving
Nice trick for bird 43 .still shocked at how much a see RG 58/U and RG 58A/U coax being used all over. RF parts has good connectors also. I use N and mini UHF that used on 450-470 MHz radios. I have N mail on my helix. had to use a adaptor to PL 259. great video ! 73's
Nice 👍 thanks
great explanation of this technique! thanks so much!
Bird should be ashamed of themselves using that inferior garbage (coax)🤣 I like the mini "N" connectors myself, double insulated, Silver and Gold plated .
I Love your videos especially Tutorials like this, bitchen work, outstanding step by step process coverage!!!.. Can't say enough about your work "BBI".. Thank you for all you do for the RF community!!!🇺🇸👍✌
P.S.......
Dear B.B.I.... I just went to that MSG website you told us about!!!..FFFFUUUUUUCCCCKKK!!!!!....Iam in Love 😍 ...and my Wife is pissed!!!👌🤣👍. Ive been out of the RF loop for a bit, never heard of the Company, Shit, they even sell Fiberglass for Quad antenna building.
Years back, my Father built a massive 4 element Qubical quad for 20m, the fucking boom was 56'f in width and was made out of Two C-130 aeleron push rods which were made out of Chromollybdenum, Lockheed Aircraft always threw shit like that in the scrap bin and Dad would haul it home, The spreaders were "Diawa" deep sea fishing pole blanks, He managed to strike up a deal with Diawa and purchased a SHIT TON of them.
Getting off subject, anyhow, THANK YOU for the web address, now its time to empty the wallet!!!....🇺🇸✌👍
Is that shrink tubing identified "Double wall"???
Been thinking of doing this for some time. That fat garbage wire is annoying when I re assemble my meters. Lol.
Any good tips on sticking the line sections directly to the back of the amplifiers? Trying to see if there is a viable way to loose a connection.
I think i see what your talking about, Having a RF sampler attached directly to the amp?
@@ericdee6802 yep. I would like to do it without running the adapter. Would like to bolt the line section directly to the amp chassis.
@@MrNobody-gi3gj my line sections are directly attached to my boxes,the one so239 on each line section was replaced with the high grade silver/Teflon Amphenol pl259s. Pull the 4 screws for the so and pop in the pl and 4 screws.
I actually spent a couple hrs tonight making up new remote ac leads for both my mobile & base using some double shield rg400 that I got for a song from a local hamature. Only thing I do differently is my bird movements are in aluminum cases and I take the silver bird so239s that I’ve removed from line sections when swapping pl259s and mount them in either the back or the sides of my aluminum meter cabinets. It’s worked well for me plus i enjoy the tinkering and fab side of the hobby immensely. Hopefully some of my fabri-cobbling will help someone.
770 DieselDoc or Boilermaker
43mi west of our nation’s capital
Western Maryland waving
@@SkipShooter well my thought process would like to eliminate one connection. Basically has the so239 on the end that will go to antenna coax, but the other side is bolted directly to the box via the 4 screws. I thought maybe running either so239 or pl 259 on inside of box sandwiching the box between that connection or having a fixture that would allow for direct solder. This would help eliminate the line section from being "hung" from the connector on the box.
Maybe I need to draw a picture or lay it out elsewhere if I am not explaining iy good enough.... (I prolly am not lol)
@@MrNobody-gi3gj l understand what you’re picturing,if that’s how you want to set your lines up go for it. I was merely giving example of how mine are set up for many years with never any issues of cases sagging,pulling the 239s off anything of that nature. Like the old adage says,more than one way to skin a cat. One thing I do to all my boxes is I always put the 2 screws in both 239s rather than the 2 screws or even aluminum pop rivets. Most cases I replace the sheet metal screws holding both 239s to the cases with stainless or brass machine screws with washers and nuts.
Ótimo trabalho gualidade total parabéns guerreiros bazuka Foz do Iguaçu pr Brasil 🇧🇷🇧🇷
Thanks Luke! Could have been a 10 minute video with better editing and camera work tho.
Did u see my previous statement?
But what pl259 connector was actually used or did you actually use the pl259 and cut down the center positive
I bet Bob lives in Washington
What brand of solder do you use is it kester 60/40
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I can’t afford Byrd meters I wonder if you can make my dosey meters work as good. It’s been calibrated to Byrd 43’s and they are stingy on peak but rms they are the same as Byrd. I would love to have him or someone who knows what they are doing make them as good as Byrd 43’s meters. But disability doesn’t pay rent utilities and food so I guess I’ll keep dreaming.
Bird 43 is OLD tech. There's Chinese made power meters for $45 that are 5% accurate, digital. And have a wide range of measurement. They don't need expensive elements. Bird is old.