Hi Folks I know that we talked about extending antenna cables not that long ago, but I don't think that we resolved *how* the cables should be joined other than that the type of soldered splice I was proposing was not a good thing.
I've decided to run the indoor sections on RG6, since that's what I've got. I also have a couple of splitters with power pass-through that are rated up to 1.8GHz - these have F connectors on them. As there don't appear to be any MCX to F or BNC or SMB to F or BNC adapters available, I'm still puzzling how to hook this up. All I can think of is to have either: 1) A metal box with a bulkhead SMB connector on one end and a bulkhead BNC or F connnector on the other or: 2) A metal box containing a PCB with the two appropriate connectors at either end of the PCB, a single trace linking the two centres and the rest of the board being ground. I know that I'm doing a mix'n'match of impedances, but comments from the previous thread indicated to me that this shouldn't cause any real problems, even if it is a 'dirty hack'. Cheers M -- Matthew Smith Smiffytech - Technology Consulting & Web Application Development Business: http://www.smiffytech.com/ Personal: http://www.smiffysplace.com/ LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/smiffy _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
