The HN is a tough connector. At my former employer we used to run close to 2.5
KW thru them into fairly reactive loads. This was in the 130-180 Mhz freq
range. I don't remember ever seeing one fail.
73, Stew K3ND
Because of a current/voltage node I was toasting SO-239's (FORGET Type
"N"'s).... I went to Amphenol Type "HN" connectors in the 160 tuning box
at the base of the tower. It NEVER arcs now, ever.....
http://www.amphenolrf.com/products/hn.asp?N=0&sid=52AE42803C4E617F&;
They are not cheap, but they work great...
73,
John, W4NU
Stew and John,
I have been using HN connevtors since the 70s. Someone gave me about 150 ft of
new RG-17 and the local surplus store had a bunch of
all types of HN connectors. I bought a few.
If you use them, try to find the ones with the captive center pin.
In the ARRLs article in the 60s on a pair of 3-400zs in GG, they used an HN
connector for the 3kV B+ connector.
73, Price W0RI
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