Topband: Mother of all ferrite common-mode coaxial chokes

[Rick Karlquist]

donovanf at starpower.net wrote:
> Mike,
>
> I use BNC connectors extensively (almost exclusively) in the receive paths
> in my station, perhaps one hundred or more.  They have their own shield
> integrity issues, there's no silver bullet with BNC connectors either.  If
> you ever encounter a BNC connector that mates "too easily" there may be a

> Frank
> W3LPL

The "silver bullet" when it comes to BNC connectors is to instead use TNC
connectors (same connector, only threaded not bayonet).  In many cases,
it is easy to retrofit BNC equipment with TNC.

Rick N6RK