[TowerTalk] VSWR Changes with Power

[n0tt1 at juno.com]

I was curious about the junk right-angle connector, so I sawed one open.
Yep, just as Jim described, it's a tiny spring that makes the connection.

Can take a photo if anyone wants a peek.

73,
Charlie, N0TT

On Mon, 21 Oct 2019 19:18:52 -0700 Jim Brown <jim at audiosystemsgroup.com>
writes:
> BINGO! Does the right angle adapter have Amphenol or a MIL-spec part 
> number stamped into it?  If it doesn't, it's very likely to be JUNK. 
> In 
> Amphenol or MIL-spec connectors, the center conductor is robust; in 
> those junk connectors, it's a tiny spring.
> 
> 73, Jim K9YC
> 
> On 10/21/2019 3:37 PM, ed_richardson at shaw.ca wrote:
> > The one exception was I used a right angle adapter on the 
> amplifier input. I removed that when I switched in the other amp and 
> hadn?t bothered to reinstalled it  With that connector out of 
> circuit the oscillations did not occur. I reinstalled the adapter 
> and the problem returns. I can not get the problem to resurface by 
> manhandling the cables or connectors.
> > 
> > So possibly the adapter is the ingress point,
> 
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