I've been thinking that doing another article on the perils of
cheap connectors and poor quality interconnect cables.
We already have one article by Jeff DePolo at
<http://www.repeater-builder.com/badconn> and
it's worth reading.
Mike WA6ILQ
At 05:07 PM 8/16/05, you wrote:
I found a Ratshack N right angle adapter on a 931Mhz 300 watt paging station
years ago. The adapter was actually glowing red from the spring inside heating
the case!
73, Joe, K1ike
At 12:11 AM 8/16/2005 -0400, you wrote:
While the discussion is about proper and quality cable, don't forget to keep away from PL 259 style Tee connectors sold by Radio Shack. They have a little coil spring that puts pressure on the center conductor going between both SO 239 ends. This little spring is the center connection and it also is a RF coil and acts as an inductor that will play havoc on 440 MHz area and above frequencies. I cut one in half with a hacksaw and the spring on center conductor is quite obvious. Use only quality connectors.
Gary K2UQ
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