What were those dinky looking cable to board connectors that Drake used in their TR-7? I'm certainly NOT advocating a change to those, but I don't think I've ever seen them used on any other equipment. As chintzy as they looked, I seldom ran into a situation where their connection was flaky. They used the center conductor of the coax and had some sort of crimped on shell for the shield. They were also a bit tricky to align, but seemed to work OK.
Since this is way off the thread, I'd request a direct reply since I doubt if anyone else cares. Charlie k3ICH -----Original Message----- From: Elecraft [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Edward R Cole Sent: Wednesday, October 21, 2015 3:49 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 No Receive, No Transmit - SOLVED I'd be careful what I asked for. Sma connectors are way more difficult to connect than TMP. In close quarters almost impossible to turn the nut on a sma and the fine thread has to be exactly aligned. I have two custom-made tools for doing that and that is not always good enough. Better would be one of the miniature mw connectors that just push-on. But cost comes into the design consideration. These TMP are used in many radios for low-level RF connections that are hardly ever disconnected (except for maintenance or upgrades). What you are doing is making upgrades which most hams never will do with other brands (they get to buy new rigs instead). Be glad you are not asked to solder sm parts to make the upgrade! 73, Ed - KL7UW http://www.kl7uw.com "Kits made by KL7UW" Dubus Mag business: [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] ______________________________________________________________ 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]
