[Elecraft] Additional Adapter Issues

[Phil Kane]

On Sun, 8 Jul 2007 09:47:12 -0700, Bob Nielsen wrote:

>I don't have any recent Icom handhelds, but I suspect that they are
>now using SMA connectors, as are Yaesu and some other manufacturers.

  My ICOM hand-held transceiver uses BNC.

>I don't know of there are any SMA to PL-259 adapters, but
>putting that with some RG-8 coax on an SMA connection might
>introduce an unacceptable strain on the radio.  I would advise
>using a SMA to BNC adapter and a short cable with a BNC on one
>end and a PL-259 on the other.

  I would advise the inverse - a short adapter cable with a
  SMA/BNC male (whichever the radio needs) and a UHF female
  on the other end.

  From bitter experience, I would not put the "solid" adapter on
  the handheld radio itself, because of the strain on the radio's
  connector.

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   73 de K2ASP - Phil Kane
   Elecraft K2/100   s/n 5402