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

[Michael Tope]

Radio Shack use to sell them, Hank. Not sure if they still do, however.

You can also get them mail order from The RF Connection:

http://www.therfc.com/adapt.htm

price is $1.50 each (this guy has really good prices)

Digi-Key has them too:

P/N ARF1101-ND (Amphenol P/N 83-10 - $8.95 each)

For our Alpha 78's at the local club, I mounted an all metal RCA male plug
on
a piece of RG-142 (PL-259 on the other end). I memory serves correct you
have to drill out the hole in the connector backshell hood to allow for the
larger
diameter of RG-142. I wrapped the exposed portion of the center conductor
that resides inside the backshell hood with Scotch 35 electrical tape to
keep
it from shorting to the shield terminal. I then slid some shrink wrap down
the
outer jacket of the RG-142, thru the hole in the backshell hood and over
the backshell terminal connections. I left the shrink wrap long enough that
it protrudes thru the hole in the backshell hood so as too provide a little
strain relief. So far, so good.

73 de Mike, W4EF........................................

----- Original Message -----
From: "Hank Lonberg" <kr7x at comcast.net>
To: <cq-contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, January 01, 2004 11:11 AM
Subject: [CQ-Contest] RCA(PHONO) JACK TO PL-259 ADAPTOR?


> I have searched the archives and haven't turned up anything.
>
> I picked up a very nice Alpha 76A amp and need to find an adaptor to
convert
> the phono (rca) exciter input jack to PL-259. Is there such a beast or
does
> someone make a cable that is phono on one end and 259 on the other say in
> rg-8x or 213?
>
> Assistance would be appreciated
>
> Hank / KR7X
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