Simple SO-239 mount

I recently built a 2 meter quad loop for the HT in my garage, and decided to use an SO-239 at the feed point so I designed this simple little mount for that. It has a slot to feed the braid through so you can clamp it down with the outside of the SO-239 when it's screwed in. Holes are sized for M3x10mm screws.

Insert the coax through the hole before soldering the center connector, and leave enough length of braid that you can pull it through the slot when screwing down the connector (around 1 extra inch of braid past the center conductor should work okay, though it would be easier with more and you can trim it after it's installed).

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