Does one also crimp the inner, for it seems far
too tiny to survive such physical action?

Also, with general purpose crimping tools, when
fully open, is there sufficient room for the
assembled BNC plug to pass back through the opening?

(Visions of a double-ended BNC lead with the crimping
tool forever doomed to dangle from the middle :-) )

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On 09/11/2018 10:55 AM, Gareth's Downstairs Computer wrote:
Does one also crimp the inner, for it seems far too tiny to survive such
physical action?

I haven't crimped a BNC connector since the mid '90s, but I seem to
recall crimping the center pin too.

Also, with general purpose crimping tools, when fully open, is there
sufficient room for the assembled BNC plug to pass back through the
opening?

The vast majority of the crimping tools that I've used have jaws that
open like a clam shell or a pair of channel lock pliers. So they open
enough to allow the cable to slide out sideways and not bother with
clearing the connector on either end.

(Visions of a double-ended BNC lead with the crimping tool forever doomed
to dangle from the middle :-) )

I'm confident that such has happened somewhere. Both accidentally and
on purpose. With the on purpose being returning something mission
critical to service and as a prank.

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where I'm reading & replying.



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Den 2018-09-11 skrev Grant Taylor :
On 09/11/2018 10:55 AM, Gareth's Downstairs Computer wrote:
Does one also crimp the inner, for it seems far too tiny to survive such
physical action?

I haven't crimped a BNC connector since the mid '90s, but I seem to
recall crimping the center pin too.

I've quit crimping as much as possible, once I'd gotten hold
of a large batch of surplus milspec Amphenol solder plugs and
gotten the hang of soldering them there was no looking back.

OTOH, when I worked in broadcast back in the 90s we crimped
everything BNC. That was 75Ω, of course. And, the insanely
expensive and complicated Fischer triaxial camera connectors
were soldered, with clamps for both screens. If you have a
large batch to make you eventually end up performing a
pristine termination in 15 minutes flat. I held the
company record, uncontested.


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says...

Does one also crimp the inner, for it seems far
too tiny to survive such physical action?

Also, with general purpose crimping tools, when
fully open, is there sufficient room for the
assembled BNC plug to pass back through the opening?

(Visions of a double-ended BNC lead with the crimping
tool forever doomed to dangle from the middle :-) )

(Question originally posed in uk.radio.amateur but
no replies received)



Some bnc crimp and some solder the center pin.

The criimping tool for the furrel opens up wide enough to get the tool
off.

Here is one of the many youtube videos on crimping a bnc.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktQVwfo-s9w

In article ,
says...

Does one also crimp the inner, for it seems far
too tiny to survive such physical action?




I do not like to crimp the solid center conductor on a BNC (usually
solder the solid ones) , but do crimp for the stranded ones.