[Antennas] inline female coax connector?

[Jack Painter]

It's all a matter of relativity, Bill!  Those that never chased down a 1/2
decibel speed bump in their system aren't looking for the most their system
can offer, and don't care if they add 2 or 3 db loss from unnecessary junk
in their feedlines or equipment. Those that do, know better. Hobbyists can
be perfectionists like few professionals in an industry ever experienced. I
started in the hobby, and my systems far outperform mil-standards everytime,
across the board. I'm new to this newsgroup so I don't know who or what
so-called myth you think you heard dispelled, but I've been pulling in
signals many don't know how to for a lot of years, and hand loading 223's
that follow each other into the same hole too, so I know something about the
difference between precision and accuracy. When I gave advice about the
barrel connectors, I made an accurate statement that the barrel connector is
high insertion loss. It is high to me, it won't matter to the scanner
listening to the police down the street. But someday he wants better
reception, and you and others may have advanced bad advice about negligible
loss from connectors. This hobby is a lot of fun when learning something
results in success, and I think you are learned enough to know that
mechanical connections are a weak point in electrical systems, from "DC to
daylight". They are to be avoided where possible, no matter how skillfully
the joint is made.

73,
Jack Painter
Virginia Beach

From: "Bill Aycock"
>
> Two comments:
> 1. Yes, there is a cable-end equivalent to an SO 238, that matches to a PL
> 239. (I use them, but don't remember the designation)
> 2. I thought the myth of "High insertion loss" had been shot down
> completely (recently, too).
> Bill
>
> At 09:53 AM 10/13/2004 -0400, Jack Painter wrote:
>
>
> > > Reading the info on the various coax types.
> > > Keep seeing the references to barrel connectors.
> > >
> > > Is there a female coax connector?
> > > I'm only familiar with chassis mount female connectors.
> > > I'm asking about a female that would mate to a pl259.
> > >
> > > Bill H. in Chicagoland
> >
> >Bill, the barrel connectors are double-ended SO-239 females, intended for
> >use as a union between two PL-259 male coax lines. Use them for temporary
or
> >emergency patchwork, because the insertion loss in these connectors is
high.
> >
> >Jack
> >Virginia Beach
>
> >Bill Aycock - W4BSG
>
> Woodville, Alabama
>
>