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[AMPS] Hi Power Connectors

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Subject: [AMPS] Hi Power Connectors
From: 2@vc.net (measures)
Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2000 08:56:20 -0800
>
>Ian said:
>> With the "UHF" the problems is manufacturing quality of the cheaper
>> ones, as Ian says... so buy MIL-spec ones.
>
>I buy my PL-259's from VanGorden Engineering in Euclid Ohio.
>
>He sells reasonably priced teflon connectors that fit everything just 
>fine. They will hold off more than 10 kW, the cable will fail long 
>before the connector. 
>
>Even regular Amphenol 259's are fine for high power, and the Van 
>Gorden connectors are overkill...and less expensive. 
>
>> With N, the manufacturing quality is generally good, but there can be big
>> problems with the way we hams use them. When a loose-pin type of plug is
>> fitted without a cutting jig, the pin can wind up a long way from the
>> correct position, and sooner or later it will pull back or push through.
>
>N connectors are a poor mechanical design. They do not grip the 
>cable, ....

Better check this one out for yourselves.  .  

-  Rich..., 805.386.3734, www.vcnet.com/measures.  
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