[UK-CONTEST] Connectors

[Stewart Rolfe]

Darrell,

I've had exactly the same problem with the input SO259 into my Acom 1000. At one point I thought the relay was playing up and was touch and go whether I was going to delve inside..

Sometimes excess solder on the centre pin can cause over-widening the receptacle but cheap plugs with over-sized pins will do it too; you only find out when you plug in a different patch lead later.

I buy mil-spec types from Henry at Westlake or get them from Farnell (Greenpar I think). Amphenol seem to be the ones to get (according to the Americans) but they seem to difficult to find at a sensible price over here.

73,

Stewart, GW0ETF


--- On Sat, 4/2/12, G0HVQ <g0hvq at talktalk.net> wrote:

> From: G0HVQ <g0hvq at talktalk.net>
> Subject: Re: [UK-CONTEST] Connectors
> To: uk-contest at contesting.com
> Date: Saturday, 4 February, 2012, 9:09
> Can anyone recommend a good
> supplier/type of PL259?
> 
> I've been having lots of problems recently and think some of
> mine are
> sub-standard: I've been getting Arc Faults with my Acom 1000
> when run over
> 300W and it looks like the centre of the 259 is fairly loose
> into the SO239
> socket out at the antenna. Likewise on the 259 into the amp,
> it's not a
> tight fit.
> 
> Thanks
> Darrell G0HVQ
> 
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