[TowerTalk] LMR-600 end connector, M or F ?

[J. Hunt]

Sorry - not quite correct.

PolyPhasers have both M and F connections, not all " Peripherals and end devices (radios, wattmeters, switches, baluns, 
 antennas, etc.) all have female panel connectors" - I have seen both.

So please plan ahead of your entire installation plan.

I have several runs of Andrews Heliax.  Not all the runs are terminated the same...

Thanks n 73,
James
ki5dq


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On Wed, 8/5/15, Steve Maki <lists at oakcom.org> wrote:

 Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] LMR-600 end connector, M or F ?
 To: "towertalk" <towertalk at contesting.com>
 Date: Wednesday, August 5, 2015, 7:15 PM
 
 It's actually a good question.
 
 Functionally it makes no difference, but from an inventory perspective,  it's huge.
 
 It's *best*, IMO, to standardize on female connectors on your Main  Lines, and male connectors on your jumpers.
 
 Lot's of reasons for this, not the least of which is simplicity of  inventory, but the main one:
 
 Peripherals and end devices (radios, wattmeters, switches, baluns,  antennas, etc.) all have female panel connectors. So your jumpers ALL  need to have male connectors on at least one end.
 
 Sure you can make up custom jumpers with one male and one female, or  stock lot's of adapters, but why?
 Commercial fabbed off the shelf  jumpers, which you are sure to end up with once in a while, will be male-male.
 
 SO... your main lines should all have female connectors, or else you will be buying all those extra adapters all the time for no reason.
 
 -Steve K8LX
 
 
 On 8/5/2015 7:42 PM, Robert Harmon wrote:
 >
 > I will be adding Bury Flex pigtails to the end of my LMR-600 runs.
 > I will get adapters from the EZ-600 connectors to the PL-259's on the Bury Flex.
 > What do you prefer for your LMR-600 end connectors, female or male or does it make any difference ?
 > I thought this might be a dumb question but will ask anyway, hihi.
 
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