[CQ-Contest] RCA(PHONO) JACK TO PL-259 ADAPTOR?

[KBQRADIO at cs.com]

This is so easy. You put a PL-259 on a section of RG-8X and use the reducer 
meant for RG-59 because both RG-8X and RG-59 are the same size (larger than 
RG-58) or just drill a reducer meant for RG-58 out a bit.  On the other end you 
put a shielded (metal) RCA plug (those made by Switchcraft are good) and your 
done in 5 minutes.

Why would you want to order a made up one for several times the cost of the 
material alone?  A while back I made up 4 or 5 of these in under an hour. 
Another option may be to change the amps input from a chassis mount RCA to
an SO-239.

I guess I just don't get today's hams, that may sound just like my Elmer did 
40 years ago but it has become true, I don't understand the reluctance to 
building the simplest things.   Even members of the QCAP (Quarter Century 
Appliance Operators) are allowed to make a cable without being thrown out, as long as 
all work with a soldering iron is supervised. I've even heard about CB 
operators who have built their own "CO-Phase" lines or whatever they call them.  I 
cant think of anything simpler than an RG-8X jumper with two simple connectors.

KH6DV