[TowerTalk] Fwd: F-connectors

[Kirk Kleinschmidt]

Jim, K9YC, has some worthy comments. In fact, they are the "possible good reasons" for not using RG-6 I cite in my original post. :)
Still, I have had a lotta good experience with the stuff over the years (now, too), and find it difficult to stop using it when I can source 1000-foot spools of Commscope RG-11 for $60 each on the local black market (left-overs from skyscraper IT infrastructure contracts).

I have a couple of towers scheduled to go up this summer (after the coming flood?), so I'm trying to similarly source some hard line scraps, with no success (yet).
I have mostly been a cost-conscious cable buyer, perhaps not always to my ultimate benefit. I'm not opposed to using the best possible cable -- just opposed to paying for it. :)
If cost is no object, by all means go for the gusto.
I would!
Regards,
--Kirk, NT0Z  Rochester, MN





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    On Thursday, March 14, 2019 3:40 PM, mike repinski via TowerTalk <towertalk at contesting.com> wrote:
 

  I believe that M2 uses F connectors on there balun / feed blocks. Mike
 
 
-----Original Message-----
From: jimlux <jimlux at earthlink.net>
To: towertalk <towertalk at contesting.com>
Sent: Thu, Mar 14, 2019 4:24 pm
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Fwd: F-connectors

On 3/14/19 10:10 AM, Hans Hammarquist via TowerTalk wrote:
>  Would it be possible to use the F-connector in a transmitting situation? I have never thought about it that way but considering how good the connector actually is (I think it is better than the "old, trusted UHF"-connector) it should be possible to use it instead of PL-239 for the slimmer cables. Any idea what power it could take?
> Just my penny,
> Hans - N2JFS
>  


It would be whatever the power rating of the coax is - the center 
conductor is the center pin of the connector, which is the usual power 
limit.  Voltage isn't usually the limit.


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