Pack of 5 UHF PL-259 PL259 Male-Plug Crimp Connector Adapter Connector for RG58/U LMR195 (UHF Male Crimp RG58)

I was suprised. These fit perfectly on LMR-240 and the center pins soldered up nicely. Not the highest quality connector, but for $2.10 a piece, they get the job done. I'd buy them again in a pinch, if I had to, like this time. Installation completed and working fine.

they work

Title says it all. I have a cable that probably got too close to the lawn mower. I have one that was shorted right out of the Amazon package. These were bought to repair those and for future use. Now for the nitty gritty. They fit! I stripped off the outer sheath all the way to the center conductor, removed some of the braid, trimmed the outer sheath back the same distance as the knurled crimp portion, remembered to slide the heat shrink tube, the crimp ferrule AND the nut. I used my handy dandy nifty Amazon hydraulic cable crimper to gently crimp the ferrule in place, carefully soldered the centre conductor (carefully due to some reviews that said the insulator would melt), shrink the tubing over the connector, and Bob is still my dad (he might be your uncle). I do feel a little disloyal to my friends I see at so many handsets and from whom I’ve been buying for decades. For the price, including shipping, hard to beat if you’re careful to assemble. Installation wasn’t much of an issue, but I’ve been working with such for 55 years and a ham for 49. I have some practice!

I have never terminated one of these ends before. It was very easy.

This is the third set I have purchased. This set is from a different vendor, but is exactly the same otherwise as the other two sets. They work perfectly with RG-8X cable. There is a template on the product page which describes exactly how much to strip of what bit of insulation and braid. Note that each connector has three pieces, two of which are essential and the third is the part that makes it stand out. !-The PL-259 connector itself; 2-The metal crimp sleeve that fits over the braid once it is on the connector, and 3-The piece of heat-shrink tubing that fits over the crimped sleeve once the sleeve and cable have been properly inserted onto the PL-259 and crimped into place. Note that the metal sleeve and shrink-wrap sleeve needs to go onto the wire before the PL-259 connector is attached. The heat shrink sleeve is not required, but makes for a neater appearance of the finished product. The connectors can be manipulated to work with RG-58, but it is difficult and the fit is not correct. I did this once by mistake when making a jumper cable and figured it out after the fact. Oops. They work perfectly with RG8X however and “shoould” work with any other coax cable that has the same physical dimensions. As before, when these run out, I’ll buy more for my RG-8X cable work.

Easy to use and when properly installed are as good an RF conductor as the solder type connectors.

Work OK. SHrink Tube is a bit short

Update: 1/19/25 - not sure what happened with the first cable I made with these and the collars. Maybe the shield was especially thick on that Rg8x? Either way I have since used the rg8x and LMR 400 crimp connectors from this brand and I think they are the best on Amazon. The main reason I am saying this is because the threads. They spin freely when screwing on or off. They don’t take any extra force to screw on or off which can damage good threads on other connectors. I do think the connectors themselves are good quality, but the crimp collar is too small for rg8x. I do not slip the connector under the outer lining of the coax, I butt right up to it and slip the collar over. It takes a lot of pushing and twisting to get the collar over the shield and onto the connector to crimp. Will not purchase again because of this.

Excellent. Fitted coax perfectly and easy to crimp.

Works great perfect fit

Easily soldered where needed

Good product

Fit well on Rg58/U coax. Need to solder the centre conductor. Need to supply your own heat shrink tubing to finish the job. Would be really good if the tubing with sealant/adhesive was included.