Don, Not to get off topic but I saw on QRZ.com the picture of you in a lift truck working on your antenna. Really nice ! I recently turned 70 and although I still climb my tower and work on the anten
Roger, I only use Amphenol 83-1SP, PL259's. I believe they are the best going for PL-259's, and have the white teflon insulation. You need to be careful when soldering these teflon insulated ones or
OK guys, I am confused. What is the insulation in the Amphenol 83-1SP ? What type of teflon is it ? Bob K6UJ After reading specs that the Amphenol used PTFE (all of my Amphenol of a later vintage app
Don, Thanks for the reference info. From that page I found my 83-1SP PL-259's (below) clicking on the specifications it shows that is has PTFE insulation. http://www.amphenolrf.com/083-1sp.html Bob K
Interesting topic guys. I have always used two PL-259's and a barrel connector when splicing. I'm with you Tom. Does anyone know what the actual loss is from this arrangement or splicing as described
Roger, Now thats interesting, I see what you are seeing Roger. it shows on the drawing that the insulator is LCP and in the revision notes, the last revision states that the LCP insulation material w
My comment to the original poster. I had a new housing development go in near me and no RFI problems developed. The power feeding the new development is all underground. Mine is not, we have power po
I am also curious about the American Beauty irons. What wattage is preferable (both center conductor and shield) There are a bunch on EBAY. Would this one be an overkill ? http://www.ebay.com/itm/Ame
Bryan, What a smug response. Your decades of experience.....hihi This might come as a shock to you but there are members here that actually have more experience than you and more importantly have mor
Jim, Take Bryans comments with a grain of salt. Your post was not offensive. I don't think he really means how his remarks comes across. A ham on the EHAM forum recently was insulted by Bryans commen
Riki, I am planning to use a dielectric grease as you for the same purpose. I haven't decided yet which one to use. Here is an interesting write up about selecting a grease from W8JI's website. http:
Roger, Good point about nothing will stick to the silicone grease film ! If we are going to wrap the connection with tape, we need to be careful not to have any of the film on the coax where the wrap
Roger, I was going to ask you if it is OK to flood a UHF connector with silicone grease if I am running 1500 watts thru it but then I reread your first sentence about first being used in the spark pl
Tim, I tried this method and and after a couple of tries I think I have mastered it. Please bear with me, hihi. I trimmed the braid slightly over 1/8" away from the end of the connector shell and the
sounds interesting Arnie, can you give us the link ? 73, Bob K6UJ Sent via the Samsung Galaxy SŪ6 active, an AT&T 4G LTE smartphone _______________________________________________ ___________________
Tim, Got any responses on this yet ? I am thinking of trying some 7/8" hard line from Davis RF. It is their 7/8" RFS Cellflex. The connectors aren't too expensive, about $13.00. Here's is their page
Jerry, I fully understand. I have been soldering PL-259's for years, like most of us here on the forum. I do crimped connectors too. Took me awhile to convince myself that a crimped connection was re
Roger, I have to confess, I have reused PL-259's back when I was a novice and financially insecure :-) The old PL-259's could take a lot more heat abuse and I could get away with it. (Although a few
thanks Jim Bob K6UJ OTOH, it's worth poking around for used hard line. Ask around -- you may be surprised by what you find. All of the hard line in my station and in my stash came used or new surplus
This cable is all new to me guys. The Davis cable I am considering is RFS Cellflex LCF78-50JA They have it listed along with Heliax. They classify Heliax and this stuff as Hard Line Coaxes. So I unde