[TowerTalk] PL259 Insertion Loss?

[Ian White GM3SEK]

Jim Brown wrote:
>I can show you N-connectors that are junk. Further, N-connectors on 
>some cables are well known to suffer from "creep," whereby the center 
>pin recedes back into the cable, no longer making contact with the 
>mating connector.

Or even worse, the centre pin pushes *forward* and breaks the center pin 
of the fixed socket. That can easily happen with some types of cable, 
and then you have a rig to repair - or worse still, say goodbye to an 
expensive coaxial relay.

Been there, seen that, which is why I will NEVER AGAIN buy any connector 
with a floating (plain parallel sided) center pin!

The "improved" N and BNC connectors with a captive, self-locating center 
pin and a compression cable clamp are well worth the extra money.

>This cannot happen with the UHF family of connectors.

That large, fixed center pin is about the only thing they did get right 
:-)


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73 from Ian GM3SEK
http://www.ifwtech.co.uk/g3sek