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Anthony wrote:
 I have both the F-conn, Canare, and one other (PPC, I think -- it's marked EX6-XL, F-type connector).
The last one is a great watertight seal, but it uses the center conductor as the middle pin, so you have some quality issues there, and you can't use stranded cable.
F-conn is not that much cheaper than the Canare when you factor in tools. I've found them to be about 75% as good of quality as the Canare. Still good enough for DIY stuff, but I'd rather go the extra mile for custom installer stuff.
Right now I use the PPC stuff for F connections, Canare for RCA and BNC connections, and F-Conn for speaker connections. The F-conn crimp system is great for terminating speaker wire. Then I have the option of screwing on pigtails, spades, or bananas.
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Anthony -- THAT was the info which I was seeking --
-- nicely done on your part and you have my thanks. Instead of buying the dies and crimp tool to do the Canare RCA's on my subwoofer cables -- it will be far less expensive to let Blue Jeans make them up to my specs and still use the coax of my choice (Belden 1694A). [I just don't understand why the cottin-pickin' dies cost so much!!] My Paladin universal crimp tool easily can handle the F-conn terminations for speaker wire--that was GREAT info to learn that those connections work so well. For the standard F connector terminations, I used Snap-N-Seal which worked very well and while Dish TV uses them, Comcast uses the PPC brand as you did. I have some gold-plated F connectors from F-Conn which I will experiment with-- probably a waste of time, though.
Thanks again
Mike