This one is a bit funny..
As part of the big project this weekend, I had this UHF amp with
output on a pigtail with a BNC male on the end. I needed to connect
with the UHF cans about 6 inches and 180 degrees of bend away, but
didn't have the bits to make that cable, so I used some adaptors...
Working backwards from the can:
N male to PL female.
PL male PL Male.
PL right angle.
PL female to N male.
N female to PL male.
PL Right angle.
PL Female to BNC male.
BNC female to BNC Female.
What seems like pointless conversions in this chain were needed to
clear the body of the cans.
When testing at full power, this conglomeration of nightmares
actually gets warm. The total loss through them is about 1dB though,
which brings us back to the question asked last week or so about loss
in adaptors.. Looks like roughly 0.2dB
So, a rule of thumb emerges: Better to have three feet of good cable,
than one good adaptor.
Now I've made up a short BNC male to N hardline jumper, and I'm ready
to go put that in place, but it will still require a BNC female-
female to make the link. I'm thinking of wrapping that BNC junction
in copper tape, because I don't think BNCs are all that "Tight".
In the future, I may just pop the covers on the amp and bring the
hardlines right to the amp itself, eliminating any connectors.
Thoughts on my temporary solution?
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