[TowerTalk] Hardline connector selection

Dan Hearn n5ardxcc at gmail.com
Fri Jul 15 11:44:50 PDT 2011


Some Andrews heliax has a ridge on the copper shield which spirals as it
advances while other Heliax has concentric ridges and they need different
connectors.

73, Dan, N5AR

On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 10:16 AM, Drax Felton <draxfelton at gmail.com> wrote:

> If I have 7/8 hardline of an unknown type (likely Andrews since the guy i
> got it from had tons of andrews parts) how do I determine which end
> connectors to use?
>
> For example what is the difference between these two from Nebraska Surplus
> Sales?
>
> (CRF) L5NM
> " N" male fits 7/8" Heliax LDF5-50A or Cablewave FLC78-50. Andrew, new in
> the box.
>
> (CRF) FLC-78-50
> Type "N" male for concentric "ribbed" 7/8" Cablewave FLC78-50 hardline or
> Andrew LDF5-50A Heliax. Same function as L5NM.
>
> kb3x
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