[TowerTalk] Commscope SFX-500 cnnectors

[Jim Brown]

On Sun,5/24/2015 5:55 PM, Steve Maki wrote:
> Right, and then using a relatively inexpensive N to UHF adapter if you 
> need to get to the UHF connector series.

Quality (Amphenol) N to UHF adapters are NOT inexpensive. The ones that 
ARE inexpensive are JUNK, and should be avoided. When I got back on the 
air around 2003 after a long absence, I filled my junkbox with these 
JUNK connectors, and soon lived to regret it. Over the next 3-5 years, I 
experienced at least six failures that were the result of those JUNK 
connectors.

Do yourself a favor -- don't buy no-name connectors. I'm talking about 
those pretty, shiny connectors sold at hamfests, and, sadly, by most 
vendors who advertise in QST and CQ. We must go to vendors like Allied, 
Newark, and DigiKey to get the real deal.

73, Jim K9YC