[TowerTalk] connectors

[Bryan Fields]

> 
> On the other hand, the N depends on grabbing the braid with only a
> mechanical connection to prevent pulling out. The gaskets "sort-of"
> squeeze the jacket, but have no holding power.
> 
> If the cable has a loose braid, or a flexible jacket, the center pin of
> the N will move all around when you pull on the cable.
> Mechanically, they are poor connectors for gripping the cable
> although they hold all right with thick braid hard jacket cables.

I will give you that.  but if you use them with 9913 and larger they
work fine.   For smaller cables i use harbor industries RG 142 and RG
400.  i have had no problems with these cables. in fact i just made 6
phasing lines for a 6 meter duplexer out of RG 142.



 
> My biggest gripe is they are low power connectors. They have the
> same approximate pin size and air gap as a BNC connector. Not
> exactly high-power construction.

well how much power are you running?  if properly tightened they are
usable to the legal limit.



 
> The SWR bump in a PL-259-SO-239 pair is in the 1/2 inch of area
> in the SO-239, where the impedance is about 35 ohms or so. 1/2
> inch of such a small bump causes almost no change in the system
>  below a few hundred MHz.

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