[Elecraft] OT: SO-239 Connector Selection

Alan Bloom n1al at cds1.net
Thu Jul 22 13:49:13 EDT 2010


On Thu, 2010-07-22 at 10:27 -0700, Wes Stewart wrote:

> The other problem with them if you are trying to do any precision measurements---an oxymoron I suppose---is that any decent instrumentation will have type N connectors, thus adapters are necessary.

It's a little-known fact that a male N connector is a perfect fit with a
female BNC.  Of course, there is no locking mechanism so you wouldn't
want to use it for an antenna connection, but it works fine for testing
on the bench - no adapter necessary.

Al N1AL




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