[Elecraft] why mix rf connector types within the product line?

[Walter Underwood]

UHF connectors are embarrassing. They are obsolete and only used on ham and CB gear. I'd pay extra to have BNC or N connectors.

wunder
K6WRU

On Apr 26, 2013, at 5:00 PM, amsctalx at comcast.net wrote:

> Engineering perspective? I'm an MSEE, have been working with BNC connectors for thirty years and I don't have issue with their use on HF radio gear. If they're good enough for Agilent, Rohde and Schwarz, Anritsu, et al, they're good enough for a 10W HF transceiver. 
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> 
> Mike Alexander - N8MSA 
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> amsctalx at comcast.net 
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jeff Herr" <herr42 at comcast.net> 
> To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net 
> Sent: Friday, April 26, 2013 7:36:41 PM 
> Subject: [Elecraft] why mix rf connector types within the product line? 
> 
> I will end up taking the units (kx3 and that nice amp) with me as I travel. 
> 
> In effect now we are forced to need adapters. 
> 
> Do you think BNC connection is not suitable from an engineering perspective? 
> 
> WW6L 
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