The first UHF Mobile GE started with was the MC306/MC316 ...
somewhat similar to the Motorola T44 Series; one difference,
GE used a BNC antenna connector.
Seeing as how many installers seemed to have a problem
installing the BNC connector on the antenna feed line, the next
generation of UHF GE mobile radios, Progress Line, used the PL259
connector.
Neil - WA6KLA
Kevin Custer wrote:
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> Glenn Little WB4UIV wrote:
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> >The PL-259 is not a connector anyone that is serious about communications
> >would use. The connector is not waterproof, it is not constant impedance,
> >it is just a very poor choice for a connector.
> >
>
> I have to disagree about the part of anyone serious about communications
> shouldn't use a SO-239/PL-259. While the "PL" connector isn't constant
> impedance, it's still a good connector. I have actually seen more
> problems in the field with poorly/improperly installed "N" connectors
> then I have because of a failure of a UHF connector. There are
> instances where the use of a UHF connector actually provides benefit.
> In talking to Kit Parsons from Wacom fame, he stated the isolation from
> a WP-641 using UHF connectors was greater than one using "N". I have
> also tried to change out the UHF connectors on a T-1504 Motorola
> duplexer and had found the same thing. The impedance bump must have
> been providing some situation that made it work better at the notch.
> Motorola used UHF connectors on radio sets to 800 MHz. The bottom line
> is if any connector is installed properly and used accordingly, it'll be
> just fine. What I don't want to see is folks going out and cutting off
> all of their UHF connectors and replace them with something else. That
> is just plain stupid. If the UHF connector was really that bad, it
> would have disappeared long ago.
>
> Kevin Custer
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