[Elecraft] UHF CONNECTORS

[Ron D'Eau Claire]

Perhaps many Hams today do not realize that when the "UHF" connectors were
developed (in the late 1930's IIRC) 30 MHz was UHF!

73 Ron AC7AC

-----Original Message-----
This discussion is getting VERY far afield from the topic of connectors used
on HF equipment.

However, the analysis in this tome is rather flawed, which renders the
conclusion the author draws misleading at best. The flaw is that the author
measures the impedance bump at the connector, computes a quantity called
"mismatch loss" that is fictional in most ham antenna systems, and decides
that there is massive power loss in the system.

Most of us who do anything serious on 2M and above use BNCs and Ns at those
frequencies. But I've visited several big contesting stations built by very
good engineers, and UHFconnectors are the weapon of choice.

73, Jim K9YC