Still wonder why we insist on using PL259, outdoors. DIN connectors, or even
(assuming you don’t push the limits/swr ) N connectors, I’ll say my 80m antenna
is limited by the traps to 500w, (old TV Evans 17/80) and the N connectors (m
and f) I used to replace the 2 pl259s and the barrel where I go from Buryflex
to RG8x (for the hanging part of the coax) has held up well
73 de KG2V
> On Jun 24, 2018, at 3:52 PM, Avery Davis <wb4rtp@mindspring.com> wrote:
>
> I have been very happy with the quality and prices from this vendor:
>
> http://www.pl-259.com/index.html
>
> I get this type:
> PL-259 silver plated, Teflon insulator, gold plated tip
> I try very hard not to get solder on the outside of the tip, filing off
> any excess, and I use a flux remover spray to clean the connector.
>
> For outdoor use, I prefer type-N because it has a gasket. I like the
> compression type because I find soldering the braid to be such a chore
> and the compression fitting eliminates this soldering. This works best
> with silver plated connectors and coax braid because this minimizes
> connection resistance and minimizes skin effect losses at higher
> frequencies. At higher frequencies, tinned conductors can have
> increasing resistive losses due to skin effect, but bare copper is more
> likely to corrode, while silver plated copper is more expensive. As
> with most things, there is a cost trade-off between bare copper, tinned
> copper and silver plated copper. Here is an article that has an
> interesting discussion about this:
>
> https://www.belden.com/blog/broadcast/in-defense-of-tinned-copper
>
> 73,
> Avery, WB4RTP
>
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