[TowerTalk] quick disconnect PL259

[Pete Smith]

I have some quick-disconnect PL259s that I got, I think, from the RF Connection (www.therfc.com).  They simply substitute an outer shell with no threads where it would normally thread onto the SO-238.  Instead, the shell has 6 fine slits to permit it to tightly grip the jack.  Otherwiuse everything is the same as a normal PL=259 -- fits RG8 with adaptors for smaller cable.

73, Pete N4ZR

At 07:47 AM 10/21/2006, Paul Kelley N1BUG wrote:
>FWIW I have had some of those push-on PL259 adapters in service for 
>25 years and have yet to experience a problem at HF. I have run 1500 
>watts through them for extended periods CW/SSB. I like to use them 
>in places where I can barely get my hand into and can't see what I'm 
>doing -- my shack is space challenged.
>
>I once melted one with 1 kW at 144 MHz, but what do you expect from 
>a nickel plated, plastic insulated thingie at VHF!?
>
>I have seen some that were designed to install directly on a cable 
>end (not the adapter type) for RG-58, but not larger cables. Mine 
>are all the adapter type.
>
>Paul N1BUG
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