Marckitter
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Hi im looking to make up a tool kit so what tools do you use most when installing a satellite system? Thanks.
F type connectors should never be done up with a spanner, although sometimes you do need one to undo them. 10.5mm is exact but 11mm will do. In my neck of the woods, 13mm spanner fits most mounting bolts, 17mm for support bolts, a decent signal meter, oh! and I almost forgot, a BRAIN!11mm spanner for tweaking F Connectors.
Mmmm, maybe. I have long suspected that it's actually an imperial size (7/16") as so much satellite equipment and telecom technology is based on US specifications. But, as every car mechanic knows, an 11mm spanner is a snug 7/16" so the difference is moot.... but 11mm will do.
It would have to be an extremely worn F-plug for that to work. I've certainly never found a brand new one that size.10.5mm is exact ...
My minimum kit is good sized flat-blade and medium-sized philips screwdrivers, a no 13 ratchet-wrench, and a sat-meter.Hi im looking to make up a tool kit so what tools do you use most when installing a satellite system? Thanks.
Where can you buy theses from?For me, probably also the simplist tool. Prepares a cable for an f plug in seconds, also has a handy spanner on the end for those plugs that just wont come off.
Is that what it isThis is my F connector tightener, suitably modified by grinding out internally to accept compression connectors and externally removed corners to enable use where the connectors are close together as with LNBs.
Is that what it is
Had one sent with an order, never sussed what it was - obvious really. Cheers Rolf.