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

[john at kk9a.com]

That is exactly what I did, thanks to K8LX.  Surplus female connectors for
larger Heliax are more available than male and if you are using RG-213 or
similar sized jumper cables with solder N or UHF Amphenol connectors, male
is the only option. So it works perfectly.  Even if you use FSJ4 jumpers,
male is the most common available connector.

John KK9A


To:	towertalk <towertalk at contesting.com>
Subject:	Re: [TowerTalk] LMR-600 end connector, M or F ?
From:	Steve Maki <lists at oakcom.org>
Date:	Wed, 5 Aug 2015 20:15:28 -0400


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.