Hi Group:
Yes I have had similar problems with N connectors, and they are efficient
but on high mountain top repeaters I have had the center pin pull back in cold
weather and loose operation on a repeater and duplexer. Found the same
at the base of antennas with N connectors. Replaced all with UHF connectors
and problem went away. No more trips to 5000 ft repeater locations in winter.
Ed K7DXV
W8AV@aol.com wrote:
> Just another .02 worth. I had N connectors on my isolation coils (to get
> the 20 and 40 meter antenna coaxes across the base insulator) on my big tower
> that I also series feed on 160. After a couple years with the temperature
> changes (in Ohio) the center conductor pin on the N would pull back far
> enough to allow a haphazard connection and consequently arcing to occur
> inside the connector. Noticed it during a big 40 meter run on ARRL DX one
> year when all of a sudden signals went away. Changed it out in the middle
> of the night to UHF connectors and have not had a problem since.
> Needless to say all the N's have disappered from my station for HF.
>
> 73......de Goose, W8AV
>
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