The Challenge Winchester’s customer was experiencing difficulty in the mating and unmating of the RF connectors and cable assemblies that were used as part of their Tactical Communications system. This connection was critical to the overall performance of the system. Challenge Review During installation of the cable assemblies, the installer was not able to effectively tighten the coupling nut on the standard Type N connector. This caused the internal gasket to fail to compress and create an effective seal. Subsequently, there was an ingress of moisture to the connectors as well as to the cable assembly itself; negatively affecting overall RF performance. Moisture leakage into the connector will subsequently migrate into the coaxial cable resulting in a change in the Characteristi

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