[UK-CONTEST] Connectors

[Andy Summers]

Quite a long time ago now, I tried to switch to using N-type in the shack,
but it's like swimming against the tide. I just ended up having to buy lots
of N-UHF adaptors to connect to anything - at increased cost. In addition,
taking any of my stuff to club contest outings meant I was incompatible and
I needed a pocket-full of adaptors.

Unquestionably N-types are better and can handle the power (I think about
5kW @20MHz), but at HF it simply wasn't worth the hassle once pressure
gland UHF connectors became widely available. Don't forget that mis-match
isn't loss - only the resistive part is, so the _very_ small mismatch at HF
is tuned-out by your auto-tuner/pi-network.

73,
Andy, G4KNO.