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Re: [TowerTalk] Commscope SFX-500 cnnectors

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Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Commscope SFX-500 cnnectors
From: Steve Maki <lists@oakcom.org>
Date: Sun, 24 May 2015 23:37:20 -0400
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I just happened to buy some RF Industries (RFI) NM to UF adapters @ $3.77, and some NF to UF @ $5.77 from Tessco. RFI is good quality IMO, and those prices are relatively inexpensive IMO. YMMV.

-Steve K8LX

On 5/24/2015 9:36 PM, Jim Brown wrote:

Right, and then using a relatively inexpensive N to UHF adapter if you
need to get to the UHF connector series.

Quality (Amphenol) N to UHF adapters are NOT inexpensive. The ones that
ARE inexpensive are JUNK, and should be avoided. When I got back on the
air around 2003 after a long absence, I filled my junkbox with these
JUNK connectors, and soon lived to regret it. Over the next 3-5 years, I
experienced at least six failures that were the result of those JUNK
connectors.

Do yourself a favor -- don't buy no-name connectors. I'm talking about
those pretty, shiny connectors sold at hamfests, and, sadly, by most
vendors who advertise in QST and CQ. We must go to vendors like Allied,
Newark, and DigiKey to get the real deal.

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