I always got a chuckle out of the hams that just had to rip out the rca jacks on their heath kits and butcher the chassis to put in an SO239 jack.
73 Gary K4FMX > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:Repeater- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of skipp025 > Sent: Friday, March 23, 2007 11:25 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Re: LMR feedline revisited and revised! > > And Ken is right... some of us in the industry also call it an > "impedance bump". > > Going back into history... I'm told the original RCA style connector > is one of the better early rf connectors. Heathkit used to drive hams > crazy with it... but it is/was the better animal. > > And... After all these years we don't hate the Mini UHF and TNC > connectors nearly as much as when they started to appear on common > two-way radio and cell-phone gear. > > cheers, > skipp > > > <---Psssst...don't tell anyone but a PL259 ain't as horrible (loss > > wise at least) at VHF & UHF as "folklore" would have you believe. > > The real issue is not of loss but rather that of a PL259 not being > > a constant impedance connector. This is where BNC's and N's shine. > > Ken > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > >
