On 2/14/2021 1:37 PM, AB2E Darrell wrote:
There's a couple good companies on there that have quality PL-259s, even
teflon, and they are in stock.
I wouldn't consider using anything but Amphenol 83-1SP UHF connectors
and their family of adapters. They aren't cheap, but I have had LOTS of
issues with cheap knock-offs unbranded knockoffs. Those issues have
included connector dielectrics that melt when you try to solder them,
adapters that fall apart physically, flimsy construction of center
conductors in adapters, intermittents that are hard to trace. There are
cheap elbow adapters where the center conductor is a tiny spring!
The VERY GOOD low cost alternative is used vintage MIL-spec connectors
with their part numbers stamped on them. They are of very good quality,
and are the things I stock up on at ham flea markets.
I learned this the hard way -- when I got back on the air in 2003 after
many years off, I stocked up on a lot of this stuff, and spent the next
8 years chasing down the problems they caused me.
And don't get me started on the truly awful cable-mounted of connectors
to mate w3th DIN-series accessory jacks of rigs from the big three JA
companies. The jacks within the products are fine, but the junk sold to
hams is junk -- pins made from metals that you can't solder to, and
dielectrics that melt when you try to.
73, Jim K9YC
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