[TowerTalk] Right Angle Connectors

[Bob K6UJ]

Don,

Not to get off topic but I saw on QRZ.com the picture of you in a lift 
truck working
on your antenna.  Really nice !   I recently turned 70 and although I 
still climb my tower
and work on the antennas it isnt getting any easier.  hihi
I wish I had one of those to use :-)

73,
Bob
K6UJ

On 5/6/16 6:36 PM, Don W7WLL wrote:
> 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
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