[TowerTalk] Broadcast Band Filter

[Grant Saviers]

2nd that.  I bought the "4 hole mount" F jacks from China.  Other 
problems:

The center pin grip was too tight for F male connectors for RG179, the 
pin broke off.  Only a CCS RG6 conductor was tough enough to force them 
open.

The threaded section does not have the chamfer for proper sealing to 
connectors with internal o-rings.

Spend the extra few dollars for Amphenol is my advice.

Grant KZ1W

On 3/28/2020 03:55, Rob Atkinson wrote:
> Whatever you wind up with, make sure the UHF jacks (if it uses them)
> on the enclosure are decent Amphenol jacks.  I purchased a very high
> quality filter a number of years ago, from Clifton Labs and the
> quality was ruined because he used cheap crappy knockoff jacks.   I
> wound up having to replace them.
> 
> Off-shore knockoffs or from my experience, anything other than genuine
> Amphenol jacks, have a slight thread irregularity and/or the center
> fingers do not grip as well.  The poorer machining precision makes it
> harder to thread on a plug which can be frustrating.  I was very
> annoyed that the otherwise high quality of the filter was reduced by
> the use of cheap jacks.
> 
> 73
> 
> Rob
> K5UJ
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