[Elecraft] BNC's instead of SO-239's

[Chris Kantarjiev]

*That* is where I saw them! Thanks for tickling my memory. I'm building
an HFPacker amp, which has a BNC in and SO-239 out. I hate SO-239s
(probably because I started making my own cables for VHF/UHF, and
my Elmer railed against them), and was going to switch
this to an N. But all my portable antennas use BNCs, which meant
I would have an adapter on this, permanently. 

I'm sure that the reason for using a different connector type is 
to (help) avoid confusion between input and output. I'm just not 
sure I care.

As far as crimping ... I saved this post

	http://www.dimebank.com/misc/soldered_connections.html

a long time back. For power and low-voltage signal connections, 
I usually use a crimping tool and then solder, mostly because I
don't have a ratcheting tool. I have the West Mountain tool for
PowerPoles, but I usually solder there, too, to resist corrosion
at the exposed end (or so I tell myself).

I am more inclined to solder RF connections, mostly because that's
how I learned and that's what I've got in stock. There are some
connections (female BNC to RG-174 comes to mind) that seem to only
exist in crimp, so I have a couple of crimping tools, too...

Belt & suspenders, I guess.

73 de chris K6DBG