[AMPS] HV connectors

[Radio WC6W]

> > -----Original Message-----
> > From:        Roger D. Johnson [SMTP:n1rj@pivot.net]
> > Sent:        Monday, November 19, 2001 4:31 PM
> > To:        amps@contesting.com
> > Subject:        [AMPS] HV connectors
> > 
> > 
> >  I, frankly, get a little nervous whenever I disconnect the  Millen
> > high voltage connector on the back of my Drake L7. The wire to it
> > looks like the center of RG-8 so there's plenty of insulation. Or
> > is there? Doesn't insulation fail sometimes? I'd feel much better
> > having the HV inside a shielded cable where an arc to ground only
> > goes to the shield....not through my body. There is a type of HV
> > connector available called the MHV. It looks like a BNC but will
> > not mate with a BNC. It's available for all common cables and is
> > rated for 5kv. It's reasonably priced too. Maybe more than a  Millen
> > setup but not much more and the security is worth it to me. They
> > are available through any large distributor such as Pasternak.
> > 
> > 73, Roger
> > 
> > --

Hi Roger,
   I've found the MHV rather pricey as of late since many manufacturers
have discontinued it.  I think it fell out of favor to the SHV series,
which unlike the MHV guarantees a ground before hot connection, a while
back.

  And I stopped using the Millen's a long time ago when the wrong end of
the wire came out of one... though I noticed it before it could do evil! 

  Caton (http://www.caton.com?) makes some realllly nice HV connectors
but, probably a bit pricey for this application.

73,
  Marv  WC6W












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