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Not to beat an old horse, but first off not all PV is solid copper, 2nd not sure that each box is swept to 3GHz (Testing seems to conflict), 3rd solid copper is for powering the LNB(s), has ZERO effect on the signal at the 1+GHz range, and if truly solid is wayyy more expensive to produce from...

Sadoun shows an old school 11 that was feed-thru (I shudder, its the top one, the pico-macom) which is what your speaking of, where the CC fed thru the connector body and was inserted into the port. It bent the heck out of the port contacts, sometimes shorting the internal contact to the outer...

OH NO!!!! NEVER, EVER, PUT ANY "GOO" IN THE FACE OF THE CONNECTOR. This is the worst thing you can do to try and mitigate moisture migration! What happens is the "goo" fills the nut, then when you put it on the port it hydraulically forces the extra goo into the port, this causes the impedance...

There is a reason those PPC connectors DO NOT have a o-ring or "washer" in them. Notice any connector of quality doesn't have them, because they can cause the ground to float, raising the potential for issues later such as lightning strikes, equipment damage, and the dreaded pixelization and...

In the past few years alot more development has begun into the cables we're using. As bandwidth expectations increase so has the need to redesign cable we once were fine with because it passed sufficient signal, gone are those days where a soldered together splice mid-reel was common place. A...

Lowes doesn't carry PPC, with no name recognition they don't see the value in it. HD carries PPC thru the Ideal distributorship. They carry 5 and 50 packs of the EX6XL, same connector sold to cable and sat. Price to the public I suppose is fair, but for the pro you can do much better thru Budco...

What defines a perfect crimp? I agree to an imperfect crimp, crimp will always leave 6 points of moisture entry (the raised points in the crimp) even "outdoor" crimps with silicone sealing gel will eventually heat in the environment and the sealing gel will dissipate in the cable. Crimp...

Sorry, same connector, they don't make them any different for Ideal who distributes them into HD. They just go into a 10K box rather than being bagged in 50's NOW, there are 2 lengths, EX and XL, HD only carries XL because it uses the same compression tool throw as CMP and SNS and Stirling and...

I hear and agree, twist on and crimp is just bad business. The idea of any install is to do the install, satisified customer, get paid, never look back AND GET REFERALS down the road. Both crimp and twist on almost guarantee trouble calls and upset customers, neither of which get you referals...

I have to admit the cmp's weathertightness is not as solid as the ex but its not bad either, its very comparable to the sns in testing. As far as the price thing, well it is a giant markup, I'm quite sure the re-sellers didn't pay more than what a cable or satellite company would and yet they...

some info for ya The connectors at HD are actual PPC connectors, its just that they're not EX's and hence are not universal, black is 6 quad, blue is 6 standard or tri-shield, and red is 59 Quad. They are meant to compete with SNS, Digi, PCT, Holland, etc. Mastec uses them...