Well I was told by an unreliable source that the military had to have their Amphenol's manufactured in the USA but were sent to Mexico for packaging. Whether that's true or not I cannot confirm. All I know is the ones I buy are stamped in black lettering saying "Amphenol 83-1sp and below that is 74868 PL259 49190" and they can run around 4 bucks apiece depending on when and where I get them.
Ed... AB4IQ -----Original Message----- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Jim Brown Sent: Friday, April 10, 2020 11:27 AM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] KPA 500 On 4/10/2020 8:45 AM, Irwin Darack wrote: > In my experience, coax connectors, barrel connectors, etc. are always > fail points when there is a sudden increase in SWR as power is > increased. They oxidize over time and sometimes just reconnecting or > replacing is the first step before taking the amp apart. If this is happening, I'd suspect 1) the connectors have gotten wet or 2) the are JUNK connectors. If they aren't labeled "Amphenol," they're JUNK. 73, Jim K9YC ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to ab...@comcast.net ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
