On 7/7/2012 11:34 PM, Jim W7RY wrote:
> How high was the SWR? What the defective connector at a high voltage point?
> A high current point? 600 watts on SSB or CW is pretty low duty cycle.
>
> I run 1500 watts on RTTY contesting. I have NEVER had a failure of a PL259.
> Simple solution... Use a good quality UHF female connector on the coax so
> you don’t have to use a barrel. Or use a good quality barrel. Don't be shy
> about cranking on a PL-259 with a pair of pliers.
Likewise I've never had a PL259 fail...that hadn't been hit by
lightning, but I've gone through a sh...t load of N connectors.
73
Roger (K8RI)
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> 73
> Jim W7RY
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Charlie Gallo
> Sent: Saturday, July 07, 2012 7:26 PM
> To: TowerTalk@contesting.com
> Subject: [TowerTalk] Ameriton RCS4 and N Connectors
>
> Hi Gang,
> NOT critical, but has anyone changed a RCS-4 over to N connectors? I've
> read all the pros/cons of N connectors here, but I've pretty much have
> decided that where I can/as I can, I'm replacing al my PL/SO-259s with N
> connectors, and was wondering is anyone converted this unit
>
> BTW - the Reason? Last year, I had "issues" with my 80m antenna on Field
> Day (I run from home - class 1E), and I THOUGHT I had it fixed. I don't
> run a lot of 80m (It is a short antenna, low, but it is the best I can do on
> my city lot). Anyway, This year, it failed again, but the GOOD news was it
> didn't go intermittent, it failed hard. The failure was at the junction
> from the Buryflex to the lighter coax going up in the air to my 80m dipole
> (600w max on the traps, so...). The AMP brand UHF barrel connector had
> failed - the spring fingers that grip the center conductor had become
> extremely loose on one side - non conducting! I decided that at least in
> that connector, I wanted to put in a female and male pair, and get rid of
> the barrel, and the best way to do that was with N connectors (I did think
> about 7-16 din, but)
>
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