[UK-CONTEST] PL259 advice please.

[Ian G3WVG]

Chris

I did mean the SO "barrel" connectors .. Apologies for not making that
clear.
Thanks for all those who replied on and off reflector.  The consensus is
that the " www.theRFC.com in the USA does the best ones and that Westlake
may be OK too.  Another said RS components were good, but I can't find the
spec sheet for those.

Thanks again 73 Ian G3WVG

-----Original Message-----
From: uk-contest-bounces at contesting.com
[mailto:uk-contest-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Chris Tran
Sent: 09 November 2006 08:41
To: UK Contest
Subject: Re: [UK-CONTEST] PL259 advice please.

Hi Ian/Mike et al

I've looked at the website you mention Mike, but can't see them there at 
all - I'm assuming that Ian means 'male' UHF connectors, not SO239 barrel 
connectors. The website shows only the DM-1 import, at $1.75.

I bought 8 back-to-back PL259s many years ago, with the intention of 
mounting single-band ICE filters directly onto the antenna connectors of the

transceivers - they fell to bits during various contests - they were the 
useless CB type you mentioned. You do have to mechanically support the 
weight of the filters of course.

Off-topic - why is the recent Radcom celebrating the (dubious) history of CB

in the UK - have I missed some sea-change here ?

73
Chris
GM3WOJ 

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