How does a consumer know which Chinese ones are good? How much savings is
there? I currently only use Amphenol 83-1SP PL-259 connectors and I have had
no issues except for one that was not completely threaded. I check for this
now before soldering.
John KK9A
To: jim@audiosystemsgroup.com, towertalk@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Commscope SFX-500 cnnectors
From: TexasRF--- via TowerTalk <towertalk@contesting.com>
Reply-to: TexasRF@aol.com
Date: Mon, 25 May 2015 15:45:34 -0400
Hi Jim, I think you are being overly critical of the imported connectors
and adapters. These days virtually all connectors come from China,
regardless
of the brand.
There was a time, back maybe 10 years or more ago, that your criticism was
warranted. There was certainly a lot of junk out there. In more recent
years several west coast wholesale connector supply companies have been
offering Chinese connectors with excellent quality, decent prices and quick
delivery, usually from stock.
We resell these connectors to our customers and see very few problems with
them. I use them in my own station at frequencies up to 10 GHz and see no
issues.
Even the right angle adapters work as expected; no internal springs for the
center conductor as reported in the past.
73,
Gerald Williamson K5GW
GM Texas Towers
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