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Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] N Connectors
From: "Perry - K4PWO" <k4pwo@comcast.net>
Reply-to: "Tower and HF antenna construction topics." <towertalk@contesting.com>
Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2010 12:45:07 -0600
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Clamp type LMR600 "N" connector...
http://www.l-com.com/item.aspx?id=21012

Crimp type LMR600 "N" connector...
http://www.l-com.com/item.aspx?id=21005

73 de Perry - K4PWO

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From: "Roger (K8RI)" <K8RI-on-TowerTalk@tm.net>
Sent: Tuesday, February 09, 2010 20:12 PM
To: "Tower and HF antenna construction topics." <towertalk@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] N Connectors

>
>
> W5CPT wrote:
>> Dan,
>> You probably bought those at TT as I sold a bunch of them when I worked 
>> for Gerald. I would assume he still has them.  I will disagree with the 
>> "easier to use" part though.  I learned to install N connectors in the 
>> military as that is what all the UHF & SHF stuff used, and still prefer 
>> putting an N on than a PL-259 any day.  BTW: the HF & VHF all had BNCs 
>> and I prefer those over PL-259s also.
>>
> I use a lot of crimp type N connectors and like them, but just running
> the legal limit into the band edges on 160 or even 75 has cost me a
> number of them.
>
> What I need are standard connectors to fit LMR-600 and that pretty well
> limits me to N and UHF.  Finding UHF connectors to fit LMR-600 has been
> a chore.  Some of the suppliers no longer even have LMR-600 cable or
> connectors listed. So far the only one I've found carrying them has been
> the wireman and he's out of stock.
>
> 73
>
> Roger (K8RI)
>> Clint
>>
>>
>>   ----- Original Message ----- 
>>   From: Dan
>>   To: TowerTalk@contesting.com
>>   Sent: 09 February, 2010 6:15 PM
>>   Subject: [TowerTalk] N Connectors
>>
>>
>>   Ten years or so ago when I lived in Dallas, I picked us several type N
>>   connectors of an unusual construction. They resembled
>>   PL259's in appearance. They unscrewed into 2 parts. The center pin was
>>   held in a teflon cylinder in the cable attach part. They are easier to
>>   use than conventional N connectors. Does anyone know where these can be
>>   purchased today?
>>
>>   73, Dan, N5AR
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