[TowerTalk] F to UHF adapters

[N1BUG]

Maybe it depends on local weather, atmospheric contaminants, etc. I 
have had two varieties of very cheap (from eBay) F-female to 
UHF-male adapters on my Beverage system for 11 years without a 
problem. At the Beverage feeds they are wrapped with rubber tape 
then Super 88 vinyl. At the central relay box they are not wrapped 
at all but there is a plastic bucket over the top of the box to keep 
rain out. All still look like new and as far as I can tell work like 
new. I have never tried transmitting through one.

I am not aware of a "good quality" adpater of this type.

Paul N1BUG



On 10/02/2016 12:56 PM, N2TK, Tony wrote:
> I use RG6 with male F connectors on my receive antennas and 80M 4-sq. At the
> Comtek box and receive antenna box, both are covered but outside, I use
> F-female to UHF-male adapters. Even though they are covered from the
> elements they corrode and fail.  Could not find an Amphenol adapter in their
> catalog.
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> Does anyone know if there is a good quality adapter out there? If no luck
> finding a good adapter I can always crimp on PL-259's.
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> Tnx
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> N2TK, Tony