[TowerTalk] Ameriton RCS4 and N Connectors

[john at kk9a.com]

I use a lot of N connectors and have seen a couple female connectors with
a weak or stretched open spring.  In each case the connector had no
manufacture marked on it.  I have never seen this condition with an Andrew
or Amphenol connector. I wish that ham equipment manufactures would start
using Amphenol connectors!

John KK9A



To:	 "Jim W7RY" <jimw7ry at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Ameriton RCS4 and N Connectors
From:	 Charlie Gallo <Charlie at TheGallos.com>
Date:	 Sun, 8 Jul 2012 12:12:10 -0400

> How high was the SWR?  What the defective connector at a high voltage
point?
> A high current point?  600 watts on SSB or CW is pretty low duty
cycle.

It doesn't look like a voltage induced failure, by the looks of it, the
spring
just lost tension, and when it is COLD out, it was fine.  Looks like a
thermal
cycling failure