Without sounding my horn too loudly I have servered on IEEE connector committees and been paid big bucks to solve the production line problems. Counterfet connectors is too mild a term. There is some real crap out there and your eyeballs won't be able to detect it. Things like finish and and spring tention problems can not be seen. I recall one particular connector that was causing a 2db measured loss over a prefered Kings or Amphenol connector. The imported brand X connector was available in both 50 and 75 ohm versions, both of which were unmarked. When actually measured with a TDR they both measured 62 ohms.
Folks, life is too short to mess with S T U F F like this. Do you really have to touch the wet paint or believe the sign. 73, Fred, AE6QL -----Original Message----- >From: Fred Jensen <[email protected]> >Sent: Oct 13, 2014 12:49 PM >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [Elecraft] BNCs > >On 10/13/2014 10:42 AM, Sandy Blaize wrote: > >> There is a lot of "crap" parts available at hamfests these days! Be >> careful what you buy!! > >Had cable problems with P3 when I first got it. Bob, K6XX, at Elecraft >and who I know well called me and said [only slightly tongue-in-cheek] >they'd send me a replacement cable ... *if* I promised to cut the old >one in small pieces and bury it at the bottom of our trash can so it >never could appear at a ham swap. :-) I did. > >If you want connectors that fit, and that work all the time, you'll need >to totally avoid the cheap stuff. I use only Amphenol coax connectors. > >73, > >Fred K6DGW >- Northern California Contest Club >- CU in the 2015 Cal QSO Party 3-4 Oct 2015 >- www.cqp.org > > > >______________________________________________________________ >Elecraft mailing list >Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >Post: mailto:[email protected] > >This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >Message delivered to [email protected] ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [email protected]
