[TowerTalk] Re: [Antennas] inline female coax connector?

[Don Havlicek]

Yes,
Finger-tightening them and not weather-protecting them is improper 
installation.
Don
N8DE

Elliott Olson wrote:
> Hello Antenna,
> 
> Is there an IMPROPER way to install a barrel connector?
> I have seen one or two female SO239 inline connectors, but they are
> quite rare... oh, I just remembered, my Radio Shack HTX212 has one of
> these for the antenna connection rather than a chassis mount one.
> 
> Wednesday, October 13, 2004, 11:34:03 AM, Don wrote:
> 
> DH> Actually ... if properly installed, the insertion loss for the 'barrel 
> DH> connector' is less than .5 db ... that has been addressed here before.
> DH> Don
> DH> N8DE
> 
> DH> 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
>>
> 
>