[Elecraft] Type "N" connectors

Geoffrey Mackenzie-Kennedy gmk at gm4esd.fsworld.co.uk
Sat Apr 21 07:29:00 EDT 2007


On Saturday, April 21, 2007 at 10:13 AM, John GM4SLV wrote:

> Proper N/BNC/TNC/C types, with pressure sleave and "top hat" ferrule for
> under the braid are a joy to fit, requiring a knife, a pair of small
> sidecutters, a _small_ soldering iron for the centre pin only and a
> couple of small spanners to do up the clamp nut. No messing about with
> soldering guns, blow torches or whatever people use to try and make a
> decent fist of soldering the braid (or usually just relying on pressure
> and the mstical force of gravity to hold the braid in contact with the
> shell of the plug).

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I agree with John and installed 'N' connectors in my KPA100 at the outset 
for the same reasons.

73,
Geoff
GM4ESD 




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