On Sat, 16 Jan 2016, gareth wrote:

"highlandham" wrote in message
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Having followed this tread , I feel it is totally unnecessary to use the
described PL259 connector

Nonsense, it was totally necessary to use the available connector which
had been connected before the cable was chopped by a few feet.

It costs nothing to use something that is already to hand.

If I dug around, I might find some UHF connectors attached to some cable,
but if I "needed" one, I'd probably have to buy one.

On the other hand, some years back I was walking along and came upon a
pile of junk waiting for the garbage truck, and there were an almost
endless supply of BNC connectors, mostly used but some new, and sadly all
but a few were male. I grabbed a bunch on the outward bound trip, and
when I came back there were still there, so I grabbed pretty much all that
was there. That amounted to quite a bit of weight in total.

So there'd have to be some special reason to use UHF connectors for me.
The only bad thing about that find was that there weren't many female
connectors, and while the local surplus store once had some odd bits of
something that included two female BNC connectors, that wsa in the past
when I found this pile of male connectors.

Michael

"Michael Black" wrote in message
news:alpine.LNX.2.02.1601171129040.26062@darkstar. example.org...
So there'd have to be some special reason to use UHF connectors for me.
The only bad thing about that find was that there weren't many female
connectors, and while the local surplus store once had some odd bits of
something that included two female BNC connectors, that wsa in the past
when I found this pile of male connectors.


As it seems like most all the ham gear around the states has the so239/pl259
type connectors on them there is a big need for that type in my shack.

On Sun, 17 Jan 2016, Ralph Mowery wrote:


"Michael Black" wrote in message
news:alpine.LNX.2.02.1601171129040.26062@darkstar. example.org...
So there'd have to be some special reason to use UHF connectors for me.
The only bad thing about that find was that there weren't many female
connectors, and while the local surplus store once had some odd bits of
something that included two female BNC connectors, that wsa in the past
when I found this pile of male connectors.


As it seems like most all the ham gear around the states has the so239/pl259
type connectors on them there is a big need for that type in my shack.

And that's unfortunate, though physically they have to be better than
phono connectors, which I thought the Heathkits (and likely other rigs)
used a lot for lower level connectors. I seem to recall a Type N
connector fits in the same holes as a UHF connector, but of course a BNC
would be too small, at the least you'd need an adapter plate. Though BNC
would probably fit into those phono connector holes.

Michael