[Elecraft] BNCs Enough!

[Fred Townsend]

Without sounding my horn too loudly I have servered on IEEE connector committees and been paid big bucks to solve the production line problems. Counterfet connectors is too mild a term. There is some real crap out there and your eyeballs won't be able to detect it. Things like finish and and spring tention problems can not be seen. I recall one particular connector that was causing a 2db measured loss over a prefered Kings or Amphenol connector. The imported brand X connector was available in both 50 and 75 ohm versions, both of which were unmarked. When actually measured with a TDR they both measured 62 ohms.

Folks, life is too short to mess with S T U F F like this. Do you really have to touch the wet paint or believe the sign.

73, Fred, AE6QL


-----Original Message-----
>From: Fred Jensen <k6dgw at foothill.net>
>Sent: Oct 13, 2014 12:49 PM
>To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
>Subject: Re: [Elecraft] BNCs
>
>On 10/13/2014 10:42 AM, Sandy Blaize wrote:
>
>> There is a lot of "crap" parts available at hamfests these days!  Be
>> careful what you buy!!
>
>Had cable problems with P3 when I first got it.  Bob, K6XX, at Elecraft 
>and who I know well called me and said [only slightly tongue-in-cheek] 
>they'd send me a replacement cable ... *if* I promised to cut the old 
>one in small pieces and bury it at the bottom of our trash can so it 
>never could appear at a ham swap. :-)  I did.
>
>If you want connectors that fit, and that work all the time, you'll need 
>to totally avoid the cheap stuff.  I use only Amphenol coax connectors.
>
>73,
>
>Fred K6DGW
>- Northern California Contest Club
>- CU in the 2015 Cal QSO Party 3-4 Oct 2015
>- www.cqp.org
>
>
>
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