[TowerTalk] PL258s and Double Males are OK!

[Robert Shohet]

Hi Tim,

>  ------------snip---------------

> PL258 and double male quality is related to cost. There is no free lunch.
If you
> don't want to risk an outage during a contest, isn't it better to spend
the
> money on the best solution the first time rather than having a failure and
> having to spend money twice?

> 73,
> Tim K3LR
>

I have always believed that doing things right the first time is the ONLY
thing that makes sense, which is why I asked the questions before I started
this project.  After receiving several responses  I have come to the
conclusion that I should solder the pl258 to the hardline and then either
use a 1/4 wl coaxial line or a double male (amphenol only) to attach to the
T's or other stubs.  It is not what I hoped for but seems that no one else
(who responded) has found success in trying to solder a pl259 to 3/4"
hardline.  Thanks to all who responded!

73

Bob KQ2M


>
> Robert Shohet wrote:
>
> > Double males are very prone to breakage, mechanically weak and very
> > expensive - if you can even find the good ones.
> > I don't like using double males with RG8X as they break constantly, but
with
> > coiled hardline I know that I would be really asking for trouble.  I
would
> > rather try almost anything else.  That's why I want to find out if there
is
> > a good way of creating an adapter with hardline on one side and a pl259
on
> > the other so that I can simply screw it into a pl258 or T connector.
> >
> > Bob KQ2M
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Steve Maki <steve@oakcom.com>
> > To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
> > Sent: Sunday, September 24, 2000 9:31 PM
> > Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Hardline to PL259 NOT PL258 (Barrel)
> >
> > >
> > > "Robert Shohet" <kq2m@mags.net> wrote:
> > >
> > > >Thank you all very much for the time that you have taken to describe
your
> > > >techniques, tools used and so on.  I have learned a lot!  I am still
> > though
> > > >without an answer as to how to attach hardline to a pl259 so that the
> > > >hardline has a pl259 on the end of it and NOT a pl258 (barrel).
> > >
> > > Wouldn't a PL258 and a double male do the trick?
> > >
> > > --
> > > Steve K8LX
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