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Re: [TowerTalk] Used Heliax ?

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Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Used Heliax ?
From: K8RI <K8RI-on-TowerTalk@tm.net>
Date: Sat, 24 Dec 2011 23:18:30 -0500
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On 12/24/2011 5:05 PM, TexasRF@aol.com wrote:
> Hi Jim, you likely already make your own. It will be hard to beat a DIY
> adapter made with a short length of RG213 or LMR400 and N female one end/ UHF
> male other end.
>
> You will need to upgrade your standard if you ever operate above 6m with
> significant power.

Or operate full power on 160 without a remote tuner. <:-))

73

Roger (K8RI)
>
> 73,
> Gerald K5GW
>
>
>
>
> In a message dated 12/24/2011 3:46:19 P.M. Central Standard Time,
> jim@audiosystemsgroup.com writes:
>
> On  12/24/2011 1:35 PM, Jim W7RY wrote:
>> The only problem with 7/16 is the  availability and price of them for
> RG-8 or
>> other flexible cable.   N connectors for RG-8 sized cable are dirt cheap!
> My standard RF  connector is UHF, and I adapt everything else to it.
> I've been able  to buy Amphenol adapters with a male N and female UHF,
> but have not found  Amphenol adapters with female N and male UHF.  Yes, I
> can find cheap  junk adapters, but they fall apart and are cheaply made,
> often with tiny  center conductors.
>
> Does any know of a source for good quality N female  to UHF male?
>
> 73, Jim  K9YC
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