Here is one for you, up on a tower, connecting a cable to a device (5Ghz p2p link) and after I plug the RJ-45 in I go to do alignment of the antenna to the far end, and I see the stinking connector walk back out of the receptacle. The stinking little peg had just "dropped off". Had to go down the tower (60m tower) and get the termination tools, climb back up and redo the stinking connector. The little peg had been properly protected in a hood but it still dropped off. I have had that happen way too many times, yes there have been times when the peg got caught and pulled weakening it but, there have been times when it just failed... Junk connectors...
On Wed, Dec 1, 2021 at 5:45 PM Tomas Kuchta <tomas.kuchta.li...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, Dec 1, 2021, 17:17 Chuck Hast <wch...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > RJ-45 connectors are kind of like the Tasmanian devil character with > teeth > > showing > > all directions... Expect to get bit by them all of the time. > > . > > > This is approximately the third decade I am wondering about those RJ-x's. > > Why are they still so darn big and fragile? > > IEEE (not a member, but user) has came up with massive technology progress > since the adoption of twisted pair for ethernet in early 90's - why not at > least standardizing the darn connetors flatter. And the snaggy plastic peg! > Don't get me started about the Peg! > > -T > -- Chuck Hast -- KP4DJT -- I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me. Ph 4:13 KJV Todo lo puedo en Cristo que me fortalece. Fil 4:13 RVR1960
