[TowerTalk] Commscope SFX-500 cnnectors

[Roger (K8RI) on TT]

Go to Allied and you are likely to get the cheap stuff.
Go to any of the distributors, tell them what you want and you are 
likely to get ir.  A small, "evaluation order" will provide the proof.

Oh!  I've found silver plated Amphenols with missing threads and missing 
half (one side) of the center pin. The half that was there was nicely 
goal plated.  QA even for the best occasionally misses one.  OTOH the 
odds are more in your favor with brand name stuff. Just remember some 
brand name "stuff" is built on contract with the name stamped on

73

Roger (K8RI)


On 5/24/2015 9:36 PM, Jim Brown wrote:
> 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


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