[TowerTalk] Selecting Coax connectors

[Stan Labinsky Jr.]

Thanks Roger, a really good read!

Since you brought up "off-brand" connectors I will share my experience with 
some non-Amphenol UHF guys who appear to have a longer than usual screw 
shell.
The shell can in some cases bottom out on the jack's threads not allowing 
the connector body the be brought up tight.
I've seen on the order of almost an eighth of an inch of end play with these 
guys.  They were found on measured lengths of RG8X cable with factory 
installed connectors that our club tried using at the last Field Day.
Maybe you could fix them with a tubing cutter... nah, just stay away from 
'em...

And then there was the budget inline SWR meter that I ran across at a 
hamfest a few years ago.  Its UHF jacks appeared to have a metric thread. 
No, while everything looked like a UHF jack, the Amphenol guy wouldn't screw 
onto it.

Stan