I use a lot of N connectors and have seen a couple female connectors with
a weak or stretched open spring. In each case the connector had no
manufacture marked on it. I have never seen this condition with an Andrew
or Amphenol connector. I wish that ham equipment manufactures would start
using Amphenol connectors!
John KK9A
To: "Jim W7RY" <jimw7ry@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Ameriton RCS4 and N Connectors
From: Charlie Gallo <Charlie@TheGallos.com>
Date: Sun, 8 Jul 2012 12:12:10 -0400
> How high was the SWR? What the defective connector at a high voltage
point?
> A high current point? 600 watts on SSB or CW is pretty low duty
cycle.
It doesn't look like a voltage induced failure, by the looks of it, the
spring
just lost tension, and when it is COLD out, it was fine. Looks like a
thermal
cycling failure
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