Soldering PL-259 connectors onto RG-8 coax

[asteffes]

Have any of you soldered PL-259 connectors onto coax? I need to do this and am having a heckuva time getting the shield braid evenly soldered onto the connector without it flaking apart. Is there a trick to this of which I'm unaware?

 

[+ d]

is there anything in here that might help you?

http://www.seed-solutions.com/gregordy/Amateur%20Radio/Experimentation/SolderCoax.htm

 

[asteffes]

Thank you for that link, David. I was going about soldering the shield braid completely incorrectly (and thus making it nearly impossible to keep it from fraying.) That site you suggested is very helpful!