I like the older connectors much better myself. Years ago, I used to assemble lengths of coax and solder the connectors on, for resale. Never had any real problems back then. In this century, I find that many of the connectors will soften and melt the insulators in the PL259s by the time you get them properly soldered. KuhRappp.... I have a bunch of olders ones I bought, and except for one that has an oversize threaded opening (adatpters won't tighten properly as they are loose in it), they are all fairly decent. OTOH, it seems that virtually all of the N connectors are still fairly good quality. Going to install one when I cut down my RG8 for temporary repeater use. That will get replaced with Heliax once I get things set and move the repeater to the other room. I have to use an adapter at the antenna end, as I found that the connectors for the 7/8" Heliax won't fit into the antenna base. So have a short smaller bit of Heliax coming about a foot out of the antenna base. Means I either use an "N" barrel, or a female on the end of the 7/8 Heliax. With the RG8, I will be uing a barrel N, and a male N to female UHF. The ones I have are fairly short. Any suggestions on testing them? Other than for reflected power into a dummy load... YMMV
Wayne WA2YNE On Sun, 20 Apr 2008 00:33:41 -0500, ka9qjg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I use to Buy the Cheap Nice shiny Connectors at Places like Radio > shack and hamfest , Then I started putting Repeaters together 220 and > 440 , And Playing with 900Mhz that's when I found out that Cheap > connectors are Crap . > So the next time I went to a Hamfest a Guy had some Boxes of Nice Shiny > Gold/Silver looking Connectors Cheap , Then I noticed a box of old > Amphenol ,New but Tarnished Silver Connectors and I ask How much You > want for the Old looking ones , He said Heck if You want the old ones > You can have the whole Box for $ 10.00 , I gave him the $10.00 dollars > and I grabbed the Box Full and never looked back USE Good Connectors > or You will pay for it later. > PS I Also have seen People who would Still stand there knowing they were > getting a Great deal and still try and get the Person to sell cheaper , > Ha Ha > Don KA9QJG > -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/ ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Repeater-Builder/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Repeater-Builder/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
