When that happens, the connector inside the radio is either of inferior
quality or the installation method is wrong. A PROPER chassis-mount
female UHF connector either has four mounting screws to prevent it from
rotating . While there are also connectors without those mounting screws
with a square side to their circular body, they must be mounted on a
chassis with a hole of the same shape, and the chassis must be "hard"
enough that the connector cannot rotate. Any connector that rotates when
pliers are used to tighten or remove a mating connector is WRONG!
73, Jim K9YC
On Mon,4/3/2017 8:50 AM, George Thornton wrote:
Exerting too much force with PL259’s can put stress on the radio SO 239
connectors, I have had some of the internal mounts work loose over time.
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