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N-Type Connectors
Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2008 3:02 pm
by celestial_insight
I use these for my home gear and stumbled across this today...
http://www.eham.net/articles/5300
Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2008 8:02 pm
by Zebedee
Interesting stuff.
I use N-Type connectors on my ham gear in the car and at home.
At home it's RG-213 cable from the radio to the wall, then up to the antenna on the roof. For the car it's a much shorter run and that uses RG-58.
DSE sell plugs for both RG213 and RG58 cable - catalogue numbers P2400 and P2401 respectively.
Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2008 9:14 pm
by Steve
N-type connectors are good if you have to use a connector. The trick is to have as few connectors as possible between your antenna and your scanner - the ideal set-up is one length of low-loss cable all the way so the only connectors used are at each end, but of course that's not always practical - especially when the cable comes into the house. Good quality N-types are well made and feel solid and heavy.
Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2008 9:51 pm
by vk6hgr
Steve wrote: Good quality N-types are well made and feel solid and heavy.
And they're shiny, because they're silver plated
Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2008 10:13 pm
by Tyranus
No chance of me getting away with that until I have my own house!...which at the rate things are going is never going to happen!