A potential problem is long center conductor in a pin fitting. This causes the radiation sleeve in the fitting to not bottom out against the dielectric.
Another area of concern is when a novice splicer does not leave a "true" edge with the coring tool. The edge will resemble a potato chip, when viewed across.
Switchman, the days you refer to are but a fond memory. Back in the day you had to realy learn how to splice before you could get hired as a "tapper".
> I dont have much experience working with hardline, but i have heard it is possible to strip 1/2 hardline with tubecutters and use a T&B K series connector or splice on it. Just out of curiosity was wondering if anyone might shed some light on this. Thanks in advance!!!
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