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Originally Posted by museav
There are coax connectors other than F connectors, are you only addressing F connectors? Getting into BNCs and some others can be very connector and cable dependent. Just yesterday I had to make a Contractor reterminate a number of cables because the first BNC termination I looked at was showing shield and when I went to pull it off the equipment chassis connector to look at it, it fell apart. Apparently they used a stripper (thus the shield showing) and crimp die (thus the BNC pulling off the cable) for a connector other than that actually used, but at least the pin stayed on the center conductor.
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Good point. Even within a basic "RG-ish" type (1505A vs 8241, for example -- and the other variations on the RG59 theme) there will be dimensional variations, so different connector and die and all. A couple of years ago I kluged an RG59 clamp BNC onto a length of RG8X cable. It worked fine, and then after a fair while it didn't work. Go to open it up and figure it out, and the connector falls off -- oops.
Then you've got more extreme variations on the RG59 theme like 1694A, which is significantly larger than 59/U, technically isn't 59/U in terms of, well, everything but characteristic impedance.
But for typical RG-6 applications, I bet either tool would work -- that seems to be more universally standard; video has a bazillion different improvements on 59/U.
BTW, those are Belden part numbers I listed.