[Boatanchors] UHF Connector Questions

[Geoff]

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From: "J. Forster" <jfor at quikus.com>
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Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2012 1:24 PM
Subject: [Boatanchors] UHF Connector Questions


> Hi,
>
> I've been asked some archane questions about the UHF connectors:
>
> First: What is the history of the numbering system. It looks something
> like this, I think:
>
> Amphenol       UHF
> Signal Corps   SO-239 & PL-259
> Military       UG-xxx
>
> Can you fill in, please.
>
> Second: Is there a Metric thread version of the connectors, and is it
> fully intermatable? Are the connectors on rice boxes metric?


Yes, No, Yes.... but the last may be not always. Kenwood has been notorious 
in the past for the metric version, I dont know about current products.