[TowerTalk] Amphenol Connector Brands

Jim Brown jim at audiosystemsgroup.com
Thu Jan 2 13:12:33 EST 2025


On 1/2/2025 3:02 AM, Rob Atkinson wrote:
> My experience with off brand UHF connectors has not been all that
> great.  The problem I have run into has to do with machining the
> threads.  Off brand males don't thread onto real Amphenol females
> correctly or vice versa.  But Amphenol isn't perfect either.  A year
> or two ago I had a defective Amphenol PL259.  The threaded sleeve's
> retainer collar wasn't much there so when threading it onto a jack the
> sleeve kept going and pulled off the soldered body of the connector.

This is exactly the reason for my question, that all of these 
self-proclaimed experts have ignored. Some years ago, like a lot of 
companies seeking to establish monopolies on certain products, bought up 
several competitors and applied variations of their "brand" to them. One 
of them is "Amphenol Connex," which is obviously junk. But there are 
three others I've seen. What I asked, that started this thread, is "What 
is REAL Amphenol," and I still haven't received an answer, just a lot of 
"I'm an expert, and I do fine buying stuff on ebay."

I've also been burned with Amphenol-branded connectors from main-line 
vendors with maybe two 83-1SP out of 100 that are short of threads. 
Rather than stamped labels, they are printed. This was maybe 8 years 
ago. I don't buy ones-twosy, I buy 100 pc lots, sharing with club 
members, and I've done this multiple times over 15 years, always from 
major vendors like Allied.

So I would appreciate it if folks would stop BSing, and answer the 
question I asked!

73, Jim K9YC




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