From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-Id: <200309232321.h8NNLWj12415@augusta.math.psu.edu> To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Subject: Re: [9fans] An Apollo Night Cap. In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 23 Sep 2003 16:48:59 CDT." <3F70BFCB.50401@ameritech.net> From: Dan Cross Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2003 19:21:32 -0400 Topicbox-Message-UUID: 4379e34e-eacc-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 northern snowfall writes: > > Hey all, > Thanks for all the previous HP advice. I finally > got the cables/caps/etc in the mail, today. I noticed, > however, that the BNC terminators come in three parts: > > + The cap > + A metal cylinder of some sort > + The pin that functions as the male part of a BNC connector > > The item(s) can be seen in this photograph, in the lower center. > http://www.pacificcable.com/photos/BNC.jpg > > There are no instructions on how to put this together. If > I drop in the pin through the center of the Cap, it doesn't > lock. If it tips, the pin will just fall back out. As far as > the metal cylinder? I have no idea what it's supposed to do. It > doesn't *fit* anywhere that I can tell. Oh, you should have gotten pre-made cables. You need a crimp-tool, soldering iron, and wire stripers to put those together, if you got what I think you did (I haven't looked at the website). My gut is to send that stuff back, go to your local radio shack, and ask them to make you a length of RG-58 coax with BNC connectors on either end. Trust me; don't waste your time. I swore that sometime in 1993 was the last time I'd ever crimp BNC connectors onto RG-58. > These are 50 ohm terminators. I hope they're not terminators at all, but rather, connectors. - Dan C.