[TowerTalk] Right Angle Connectors

[Don W7WLL]

Got a lot of feedback re the subject connectors and overwhelming the suggestion was to use Amphenol parts, which I usually do (but I have a lot of inherited connectors).

I had never paid a lot of attention to connectors for my 8, 213 and similar coax’s, but I did note that the color of the insulator varied.  After reading specs that the Amphenol used PTFE (all of my Amphenol of a later vintage appear to be clear insulation), I took a look a some of the right angles I had plus a pile of my barrels. Of those NOT marked Amphenol, almost all had no readable brand or number imprinted.  I also noticed that the insulation was either white or shades of grey.  

I’m not knowledgeable on plastics and am now curious to know what the white or grey material used in these ‘other brand’ connectors might be (I’m dangerous enough to know a lot of plastics do come in several colors).

Don T