Pin retraction may depend on your coax. I use a number of N connectors and I have not seen this occur with Belden 8267 or with the various sizes of Heliax at my station.
John KK9A K9ZC wrote: While N connectors do have some design and impedance advantages, some of us that have lived in extremely cold climates... have seen the center pins pull out of N connectors due to thermal contraction of the center conductor over distance. A UHF or DIN connector will usually not do that. Dr. William J. Schmidt - K9HZ J68HZ 8P6HK ZF2HZ PJ4/K9HZ VP5/K9HZ PJ2/K9HZ Owner - Operator Big Signal Ranch - K9ZC Staunton, Illinois Owner - Operator Villa Grand Piton - J68HZ Soufriere, St. Lucia W.I. Rent it: www.VillaGrandPiton.com Like us on Facebook! ______________________________________________________________ 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]
