said by Cubbies:I come from the CATV world an anything crimped is a big no no.
I don't know who told you that, but there's nothing wrong at all with crimped connectors when installed properly and crimped using the proper good quality crimp tool. Perhaps that "advice" stems from the fact that many CATV installers use poor quality connectors, the wrong connectors, and/or the wrong or poor quality crimp tool. I can say I've seen many poorly installed crimp type F connectors. Compression connectors are somewhat more foolproof and quicker to install.
Clamp type connectors are also fine but require more care when preparing the coax and assembling the connector.
Outside of the CATV world, crimp type and clamp type connectors are the most frequently used, and I've used both crimp and clamp connectors for applications well over 1GHz and in some cases power levels around the kilowatt range.
Compression connectors are actually somewhat of a rare beast outside of the CATV industry. They do exist, but aren't used as much.