[Johnson] [Boatanchors] Johnson Mobile inquiry

[Rob Atkinson]

On Wed, Jan 8, 2014 at 11:16 PM,  <k7nks at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Metal housing on cheap coax fittings are sometimes made with pot metal or aluminum. They are plated with minimal nickel plate. A little wear and corrosive air starts eating them apart. Brass or stainless bodies stand up much better.
>

I've seen unbranded "Made in USA" coax connectors for sale at hamfests
that appear to be aluminum plated with silver.  Have not cut into one
but they are so light weight I think they must be aluminum.   The more
expensive Amphenols are vastly better--the dies used result in a UHF
male barrel shape that fits and solders better to typical RG8 coax;
the jack lug is wider and accepts up to AWG 10 twisted and the jack
center tines really grip the PL259 center pin much better than
anything else I have ever used.

Rob
K5UJ