[TowerTalk] Topband: Rather use N-type (was Re: The answer to PL-259

[Steve Maki]

Oops, wrong group. But may be relevant here as well.

On 12/07/18 18:25 PM, Steve Maki wrote:
> Well here's the advantage of captivated center pins: the pin is NOT 
> bonded to the center conductor. IOW, if the coax center conductor 
> shrinks a bit, it can slide in the center pin and the pin stays put.
> 
> And that's exactly what you want it to do - especially with an N connector.
> 
> -Steve K8LX
> 
> On 12/07/18 14:25 PM, Mike Waters wrote:
> 
>> Exactly my experience, even with captivated pins!! And my coax runs
>> were only about 100' long.
>>
>> The captivating washers were made of Teflon®, *and Teflon cold
>> flows*. This was when I lived in Toledo, Ohio when the temperature
>> dropped well below zero.
>>
>> Four photos of those N connectors are at 
>> http://www.w0btu.com/files/misc/N_plugs . See the last two.
>>
>> 73, Mike www.w0btu.com
> 
>> On Fri, Dec 7, 2018, 1:02 PM Richard (Rick) Karlquist
>> <richard at karlquist.com> wrote:
>>
>>> My two 500 foot RG-216 military surplus cables both eventually
>>> exhibited retracted pins on the type N connectors at both ends.  I
>>> replaced them with PL-259's.  ...  Success anecdotes about install
>>> once and never touch again commercial sites are probably not
>>> relevant to ham applications.
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