All,
Over the years I have observed many destroyed Mini-UHF jacks. Most failures
were caused by using a Mini-UHF to UHF or N adapter that are about ¾ to 1.5
inches long.
These adapters place a tremendous amount of strain on the jack. Most of them
will work themselves loose and start chewing the teeth off of the jacks.
Mother M makes an adapter cable that has a Mini-UHF male with a short (6
inch) length of RG58U/A cable to a UHF female connector. This would allow a
installation that could have the jumper tied up and supported in such a
manner to relieve any strain on the jack. I have even used a male Mini-UHF
male and a short run of cable to adapt large hard-line cables to a UHF link
radio that had a antenna at the 300 ft level of a tower. Worked like a
charm
Respectfully
WA9NE
-----Original Message-----
From: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Vincent Caruso
Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2007 9:05 PM
To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Mini - UHF Connector
Thats funny, I was just reading your original post and when you
mentioned tightening with pliers I was about to reply asking if you were
using the RS connectors. I have a friend that used those and could
never figure out why he had so many problems.....
