Richard Clark wrote:
On Mon, 4 Aug 2003 22:06:49 -0500, "Crazy George"
wrote:


On the other hand, when the rubber washer deteriorates, the connectors mate
much more easily once, as the female contact is destroyed in the process.


Hi All,

Another failure mode is mixing HV BNC (quite rare) with standard BNC.

Yes, if you're hamfisted enough, you can easily connect a BNC signal
lead to an MHV high voltage supply. They're rare compared with BNC, but
they do appear at hamfests.

Whoever invented this booby-trap should have been connected to it! As
amateurs, we only need to know two things about the MHV series:

1. Plugs and sockets look like a "stretched" BNC.

2. Avoid.



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73 from Ian G3SEK 'In Practice' columnist for RadCom (RSGB)
Editor, 'The VHF/UHF DX Book'
http://www.ifwtech.co.uk/g3sek