One "trick" you can do with UHF connectors is to remove the center
connector parts of both the '239 & 259; extend the center conductor +
insulation for abt. 1-2 inches so it reaches through the '239. Attach a
Banana plug to the wire and rig to an insulated jack inside to accept it.
This makes for a long breakdown path that the "straight" '239-'259 combo
doesn't have and the breakdown is now determined by the coax. Not
conventional nor commercial, but works fine! You do have to be careful not
to excessively melt or distort the center conductor insulation.
Tom - WA2BPE
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> From: Mark Hall <markeh@erols.com>
> To: wrt@eskimo.com
> Cc: Carl Clawson <CarlClawson@compuserve.com>; AMPS <amps@contesting.com>
> Subject: Re: [AMPS] HV Connectors
To: <amps@contesting.com>
> Date: Saturday, January 16, 1999 9:01 AM
>
>
> Maybe it's not recommended, but I use silver plated double shielded RG-9
> with SO-239/PL-259 connectors for inter unit HV. As long as it stays
> hooked up there is no safety problem. Inside the enclosure I use this
> pretty nice unshielded and flexible HV "probe" wire with a #18 heavily
> stranded stranded center, and two layers of what looks like teflon
> insulation. This wire is about a quarter inch diameter. Been there for
> years at 4 KV.. zero problems.
>
> '73 mark
>
>
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