The "pros" don't use anything because they don't use UHF connectors. They are working with Heliax, waveguide, or ridgid line and the lines are often pressurized. Connectors made for those kinds of l
VE1ZZ had the right idea. I've done the same thing here. Yes when it comes to professionals I was thinking of the broadcast industry. Sorry if that offended all the cellular phone folks and made you
You can search the tower talk archives using Google; here's an example search argument: site:lists.contesting.com [TowerTalk] HDBX Version but the problem is that the Google crawler doesn't traverse
I think this topic is more appropriate for the 160 m. Topband email list. I've been following the discussion about this antenna on FB and it's similar in that some folks think it's BS and others have
Andrew used to make them for us ("us" meaning US Army Communications Command) but they were 2 to 30 MHz. Back in the mid to late 1970s I was assigned to a tactical outfit in AZ and we had two telesc
For some reason ARRL hired J school grads to work on QST. Non-technical people. I guess they viewed QST as no longer a tech. journal and wanted to steer everyone to QEX. On average, there's maybe one
I'd say when it comes to loss with UHF connectors the most critical thing is the machining of the male pin and the female cup fingers. Amphenol females are made so that you feel some resistance when
I disagree because those female jacks will pass the test. But, in some cases one of those premium brand jacks will have been damaged by banana plugs or some other insertion not intended for the jack