[TowerTalk] connectors

[Wyllma Wall]

Hi again,
Amphenol sells an N-connector gauge for setting the height of the center pin.
Larry is right, there are many connectors sold that are not silver or teflon.
God only knows who makes them. Talk to Scott and Jill at Tower connectors for
low cost good connectors.
                                                           Bill Wall KC4UZ

"L. B. Cebik" wrote:

> >Am interested to know from the guys that don't like the silver ones, what
> >brand they have problems with and what kind of problems.
>
> Having purchased a large number and variety of coax connectors over the
> years, I suspect that either a. not all silver/teflon connectors are made
> alike or b. not everything that looks like silver/teflon really is.
>
> In some connectors, the pin may not make full contact with the
> corresponding receptacle.  In some cases, this appears to be a
> construction flaw.  In other cases, it can result from pin movement during
> soldering--either in the male or female connector.  The pin movement may
> result from normal heat, from excess heat (getting that solder to go
> exactly where we want it to go), or from the way we clamp and hold the
> connector while soldering.  If the pin moves (back and forth or
> side-to-side) at all during soldering, discard the connector, whatever the
> cause.  Alignment is no longer assured.
>
> Likewise, to be gratuitous but complete, during routine maintenance, check
> connectors and replace any that are suspect.  Terrible thing to have a
> multi-kilobuck installation thwarted by the failure of a <$2 connector.
>
> While I have no strict preference for one type of connector over the
> other, since both have served me well at HF, I would suggest that once you
> find a very reliable connector source/maker, stick with that source, with
> a reserve supply to handle any situation.  Make changes slowly, proving
> out the new type/maker/supplier on non-critical jobs before changing over
> permenently.
>
> -73-
>
> LB, W4RNL
>
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