- 1. [TowerTalk] Connector insertion loss (score: 1)
- Author: PaulKB8N@aol.com (PaulKB8N@aol.com)
- Date: Mon, 1 Sep 1997 00:59:23 -0400 (EDT)
- Steve, Paul -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/towertalkfaq.html Submissions: towertalk@contesting.com Administrative requests: towertalk-REQUEST@contesting.com Problems: owner-towertalk@contes
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-09/msg00009.html (7,767 bytes)
- 2. [TowerTalk] Connector insertion loss (score: 1)
- Author: twoway@scoden.ma.ultranet.com (Scott Bullock)
- Date: Mon, 1 Sep 1997 05:18:19 -0400 (EDT)
- A captivated n connector is a connector that has special teflon ring washers that cradle a small annular lip on the center pin itself. The idea is that with a ring on either side of the lip, the pin
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-09/msg00010.html (8,509 bytes)
- 3. [TowerTalk] Connector insertion loss (score: 1)
- Author: gdaught6@leland.Stanford.EDU (George T. Daughters)
- Date: Mon, 1 Sep 1997 16:13:56 +0800
- hi all, i think we're talking about an "n" connector with a "captive center conductor"... 73, k6gt -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/towertalkfaq.html Submissions: towertalk@contesting.com Adm
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-09/msg00014.html (8,116 bytes)
- 4. [TowerTalk] Connector insertion loss (score: 1)
- Author: w5hvv@aeneas.net (Rod Fitz-Randolph)
- Date: Mon, 1 Sep 1997 16:50:05 -0500
- ___________________________________________________________________________ Scott, I truly believe that, if you have a several hundred foot run of coax like I do, that regardless of whether or not t
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-09/msg00021.html (9,388 bytes)
- 5. [TowerTalk] Connector insertion loss (score: 1)
- Author: n3hrt@eagle1.eaglenet.com (Martin Gary)
- Date: Mon, 01 Sep 1997 21:00:08 -0400
- I have used N connectors with the captive center pin for years now with NO problems. I didn't know that they made them without that feature. I have several runs of RG-214 at 130+ feet in length, and
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-09/msg00023.html (10,542 bytes)
- 6. [TowerTalk] Connector insertion loss (score: 1)
- Author: G3SEK@ifwtech.demon.co.uk (Ian White, G3SEK)
- Date: Tue, 2 Sep 1997 07:24:40 +0100
- Surely it depends on the installation? If the coax has a loose inner conductor but contains some bends, most of the expansion/contraction forces will be taken up by flexing at the bends, the cable ac
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-09/msg00026.html (9,572 bytes)
- 7. [TowerTalk] Connector insertion loss (score: 1)
- Author: K7LXC@aol.com (K7LXC@aol.com)
- Date: Tue, 2 Sep 1997 10:52:39 -0400 (EDT)
- I've installed several miles of Andrew 7/8 inch and 1 - 5/8 inch hardline as well as various other feedlines and I don't think I've ever seen a captive-pin connector. 73, Steve K7LXC -- FAQ on WWW: h
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-09/msg00035.html (8,387 bytes)
- 8. [TowerTalk] Connector insertion loss (score: 1)
- Author: blckhole@ripco.com (Keith Morehouse)
- Date: Tue, 02 Sep 1997 10:33:15 -0500
- Newer design N connectors no longer have this problem. There are two teflon rings that captivate the center conductor to the connector body. Yes - the original 1950's (1940's ??) UG-23 failed quickly
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-09/msg00036.html (9,154 bytes)
- 9. [TowerTalk] Connector insertion loss (score: 1)
- Author: broz@csn.net (John Brosnahan)
- Date: Tue, 2 Sep 1997 09:44:56 -0600 (MDT)
- The UG-1185A is the designator for the "Captivated Contact" style N connector for RG-8 and RG-213. And this is the connector AND CABLE to which most are referring. What is out there for various type
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-09/msg00037.html (8,909 bytes)
- 10. [TowerTalk] Connector insertion loss (score: 1)
- Author: n8ug@juno.com (Press W Jones)
- Date: Tue, 02 Sep 1997 14:22:16 EDT
- Del, My staff and I have been running coax through our hands to the tune of a number of million feet over the last 21 years, and are very sensitive to irregularities, since we sell to critical custom
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-09/msg00041.html (10,933 bytes)
- 11. [TowerTalk] Connector insertion loss (score: 1)
- Author: daniels@bellsouth.net (Steve Daniel)
- Date: Sat, 30 Aug 1997 15:37:12 -0500
- I have had an ongoing discussion with a fellow ham. As we have been unable to resolve the question to our mutual satisfaction I have decided to submit it to the group. If it is a topic that has been
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-08/msg00821.html (8,577 bytes)
- 12. [TowerTalk] Connector insertion loss (score: 1)
- Author: seay@Alaska.NET (Jan & Del Seay)
- Date: Sat, 30 Aug 1997 13:48:04 -0800 (AKDT)
- Well - it can be done, if done right. In fact, anyone who has a run of more than 100' probably has a factory slice in the coax. But - it's not recommended. de KL7HF -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesti
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-08/msg00824.html (9,480 bytes)
- 13. [TowerTalk] Connector insertion loss (score: 1)
- Author: seay@Alaska.NET (Jan & Del Seay)
- Date: Sat, 30 Aug 1997 13:49:57 -0800 (AKDT)
- I forgot to mention, Steve - good connector splices have probably less than a quarter dB insertion loss. Tough to measure such a low loss at below 30 mHz. de KL7HF -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contestin
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-08/msg00825.html (8,036 bytes)
- 14. [TowerTalk] Connector insertion loss (score: 1)
- Author: alsopb@vance.net (alsopb@vance.net)
- Date: Sat, 30 Aug 1997 18:21:44 -0500
- have had an ongoing discussion with a fellow ham. As we have been The heck with consensus. Somebody out there have a Time Domain Reflectometer and can actually look the effect? Of course the effect w
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-08/msg00826.html (9,045 bytes)
- 15. [TowerTalk] Connector insertion loss (score: 1)
- Author: n3hrt@eagle1.eaglenet.com (Martin Gary)
- Date: Sat, 30 Aug 1997 19:27:16 -0400
- If you are going to splice your cable don't use pl259's. Use N-type connectors. Pl259's are lossy and they have a bad impeadence bump. They are really 75 ohm connectors. I have several splices (using
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-08/msg00827.html (8,429 bytes)
- 16. [TowerTalk] Connector insertion loss (score: 1)
- Author: kg5u@hal-pc.org (Dale Martin)
- Date: Sat, 30 Aug 1997 21:12:51 -0500
- On Saturday, August 30, 1997 15:37 PM, Steve Daniel[SMTP:daniels@bellsouth.net] wrote: Steve, Somewhere, in the deep, dark recesses of an old NCJ magazine there is an article by K2TNO, Bill Schrader,
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-08/msg00832.html (10,310 bytes)
- 17. [TowerTalk] Connector insertion loss (score: 1)
- Author: wrt@eskimo.com (Bill Turner)
- Date: Sun, 31 Aug 1997 03:05:29 GMT
- _______________________________________________________________ When running 1500 watts through a PL259, even after several minutes of steady carrier (RTTY) the connector is barely warm. I would esti
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-08/msg00833.html (9,199 bytes)
- 18. [TowerTalk] Connector insertion loss (score: 1)
- Author: G3SEK@ifwtech.demon.co.uk (Ian White, G3SEK)
- Date: Sun, 31 Aug 1997 08:20:24 +0100
- NA1L made some similar measurements on straight 239/259 junctions, confirming that there's absolutely no practical problem up to way beyond 30MHz. Any sign of a VSWR problem indicates that the connec
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-08/msg00838.html (10,342 bytes)
- 19. [TowerTalk] Connector insertion loss (score: 1)
- Author: w5hvv@aeneas.net (Rod Fitz-Randolph)
- Date: Sun, 31 Aug 1997 14:34:54 -0500
- _________________________________________________________________________ I respectfully disagree to this extent: I, and others before me, have had trouble with N connectors in that the center condu
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-08/msg00846.html (10,369 bytes)
- 20. [TowerTalk] Connector insertion loss (score: 1)
- Author: twoway@scoden.ma.ultranet.com (Scott Bullock)
- Date: Sun, 31 Aug 1997 21:43:51 -0400 (EDT)
- This is the reason why most reputable two way dealers don't buy the crappy n connectors and spend the few extra dollars and buy the captivated pin type n connectors. You learn your lesson the first t
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-08/msg00874.html (11,436 bytes)
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