A better way to install PL-259 connectors on RG-8X type coax

Here is an alternative way of installing a PL-259 connector by Dan Richardson, K6MHE.

When installing small coax such as RG-8X in a PL-259 using an reducer have you ever wondered if you were really going to get a good solid connection to the outer braid when you looked the holes in the PL-259 and saw only one or two flimsy little strands of the shield? Well, here is an unauthorized solution to that problem.

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