[TowerTalk] RF Industries Connectors/Adapters

[Richard (Rick) Karlquist]

On 6/8/2024 6:30 AM, Ken Alker wrote:

> The ham operator looking for the best price buys Pan Pacific from me.  
> The ham operator looking for best quality buys RF Industries.  The RF 
> Industries PL-259 I sell is the "501" (like the Jeans) which has a 
> teflon dialectric and silver body, unlike what I can get from Pan Pacific.
> 
> Ken Alker
> KA6KEN
> 

IMHO, the gratuitous use of PTFE dielectric can in no way be
read as any particular indicator of "quality," whatever that means.
For PL-259 frequencies, the low loss is superfluous.  The high
temperature handling of PTFE is compromised by its soft mechanical
characteristics.  OTOH, I have never heard of the mil-spec Amphenol
dielectrics melting or softening when soldering.  I have encountered
many PTFE connectors that were unmitigated junk.

Rick N6RK