[TowerTalk] Commscope SFX-500 cnnectors

[Chuck Dietz]

With the uhf de
Male to N male adapter I believe if you threaded it on to an N you could break it apart with your hands. 

Chuck W5PR

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> On May 25, 2015, at 10:06 PM, <john at kk9a.com> <john at kk9a.com> wrote:
> 
> How does a consumer know which Chinese ones are good?  How much savings is
> there? I currently only use Amphenol 83-1SP PL-259 connectors and I have had
> no issues except for one that was not completely threaded. I check for this
> now before soldering.
> 
> John KK9A
> 
> 
> To:    jim at audiosystemsgroup.com, towertalk at contesting.com
> Subject:    Re: [TowerTalk] Commscope SFX-500 cnnectors
> From:    TexasRF--- via TowerTalk <towertalk at contesting.com>
> Reply-to:    TexasRF at aol.com
> Date:    Mon, 25 May 2015 15:45:34 -0400
> 
> Hi Jim, I think you are being overly critical of the imported connectors  
> and adapters. These days virtually all connectors come from China,
> regardless 
> of  the brand.
> 
> There was a time, back maybe 10 years or more ago, that your criticism was  
> warranted. There was certainly a lot of junk out there. In more recent 
> years  several west coast wholesale connector supply companies have been 
> offering  Chinese connectors with excellent quality, decent prices and quick
> 
> delivery, usually from stock.
> 
> We resell these connectors to our customers and see very few problems  with 
> them. I use them in my own station at frequencies up to 10 GHz and see no  
> issues.
> 
> Even the right angle adapters work as expected; no internal springs for the 
> center conductor as reported in the past. 
> 
> 73,
> Gerald Williamson K5GW
> GM Texas Towers
> 
> 
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