With all this chat about PL-259 vs. N, I thought it might be nice to be practical for a moment. Many of us use PL-259s 95 to 100% of the time, so the questions would be: what types/brands are "good"
Silver Plated PL-259s with Teflon insulation! The silver connectors solder very well with only a minimal amount of heat required to do the job. In other words, you don't have to cook your connector t
Is the Teflon necessary at HF? I know it gets damage from misplaced heat pretty easily. Phenolic is rugged and seems to last a long time. Are there good reasons to go with Teflon over phenolic? Jack
Price: Buy in quantity...like 50 or 100 with a few buddies at a hamfest. I bought 100 Amphenols for around $.90 each at the Orlando hamfest last march. Bill K4XS _____________________________________
I've had good luck with Amphenol. I usually never buy or use anything else. 73, Stew K3ND http://www.universal-radio.com/catalog/parts/4505.html http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/towertalk
I was about to ask the same question. I generally don't buy connectors without being able to hold them in my hand first, but I need to place an order for some upcoming projects. I've seen so-called s
Is the Teflon necessary at HF? I know it gets damage from misplaced heat pretty easily. Phenolic is rugged and seems to last a long time. Are there good reasons to go with Teflon over phenolic?>> Jac
I hit the wrong button on this one before, but... Teflon is not necessary at HF and it is not easily damaged from heat compared to most plastics so if you run into something easily damaged it's proba
Hmm... my Teflon coated frying pan doesn't seem to have any problem with heat. Maybe the temp is lower but I doubt it, given that the element it sits on is red hot. 73 de Jim Smith VE7FO Jack Berry w
_________________________________________________________ When Teflon first became commercially available there were dire warnings about overheating it, saying that a toxic gas would be released. Whi
dire warnings released. That's why my wife makes me keep my butt in the house and off the towers when it is hot outside. 73 Tom _______________________________________________ See: http://www.mscomp
On Sun, 02 May 2004 00:14:18 -0700, Bill wrote: Part of what you say is true, Bill. I have been raising parrots for 20 years and while the overheated Teflon pans have not proven toxic (so far) to hum
_________________________________________________________ Very interesting. Thanks for the info, Chuck. -- Bill, W6WRT QSLs via LoTW _______________________________________________ See: http://www.ms