That was my experience servicing radio installation on board large ships. We used whatever the local supplier had on hand. After all, it's just a simple two-circuit connector designed for 28 MHz or so (back then "UHF" was 28 MHz and above, but there was really nothing above about 50 MHz before WWII).
On connections open to the air (on a ship that meant constant salt spray) we carefully sealed the connection with something like "Coax-Seal" - a putty like sealant - followed by several layers of good quality electrical tape. Connectors that I had installed that way a few years previously that I needed to disconnect for some reason looked a good as the day I had installed them, thousands and thousands of miles and years of salt water later. 73, Ron AC7AC -----Original Message----- From: Elecraft [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Michael Walker Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2016 7:04 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Elecraft] PL-259 connectors I have used Generic PL259's for decades, and while I have had a few bad ones, they usually failed while I was soldering them. But for amateur use, they are fine. Correctly soldered, a connector shouldn't have an issue holding your body weight. :) (Flame retardant suit on) Mike va3mw On Thu, May 19, 2016 at 11:39 AM, Joe W2KJ <[email protected]> wrote: > Believe I read somewhere that Amphenol connectors are being made in > Mexico...not sure how long ago that got started. > > 73, Joe W2KJ > I QRP, therefore I am > > On May 19, 2016, at 11:05 AM, Drew AF2Z wrote: > > > It was an 83-1sp I recently bought that had defective threading. > > Let's > face it: the name brand products of the past are not what they used to > be, quality-wise. (Some others I will never buy again: Grundig, Levis, > Herman > boots...) > > > > Mental note to self regarding PL-259's-- check for defective > > threading > before soldering connector to cable. > > > > > > > > 73, > > Drew > > AF2Z > > > > > > > > On 05/19/16 09:32, Ronnie Hull wrote: > >> Type N connectors are great! I just don't see where is any gain to > using them on HF! They will make NO difference on either end of your QSO. > >> Most of the PL259's I see for sale today are crap. I'm a > >> professional > in the communications industry so I use both styles on a Dailey basis > >> The 83-1SP's as sold by amphenol today are not anywhere near as > >> good as > they used to be. The silver coating on them doesn't take solder as > easily as they once did! > >> Glad I have plenty of the old ones! > >> > >> Ronnie w5sum > >> > >> Sent from Ronnie's IPhone > >> > >> > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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] ______________________________________________________________ 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]
