On Sat, 20 Dec 2008 19:43:21 -0600, Kim Elmore wrote:
>Twice I have experienced one of the PL-259s becoming open.
I suspect the barrels. There are a lot of el cheapo JUNK IMITATION
connectors and connector adapters sold to hams, both by ham dealers
and at hamfests. I've traced a half dozen problems like this to
these garbage connectors. I've learned the hard way -- it's name
brand stuff (like Amphenol) or nothing!
That doesn't mean that you might not have encountered a badly
crimped or badly soldered connector. But my problems were definitely
bad barrels and adapters (for example, N to UHF, N to BNC, BNC to
UHF, Tees, elbows).
73,
Jim Brown K9YC
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