[MRCA] [HarrisRadio] UG-565 adapters

[Nick England]

Carl Concelman (December 23, 1912 – August 1975) was the electrical
engineer who, while working for Amphenol, invented the C connector and
teamed up with Paul Neill of Bell Labs to invent the BNC connector and TNC
connector.



On Mon, Jul 17, 2023 at 4:06 PM Glen.Closson <glen.closson at gmail.com> wrote:

> I am convinced that the only reason C (and HN) connectors exist is
> because some government contractor had a ne'er-do-well son-in-law that
> needed a job building these cursed items.  And because they are not common,
> you pay the price.
>
> On Mon, Jul 17, 2023 at 12:16 PM Ray Fantini <RAFANTINI at salisbury.edu>
> wrote:
>
>> Why do UG-565 Type C to Type N adapters cost so much! The final output
>> combiner on my Harris RF-1110B uses them on its input and the output of the
>> rack frame are all type N plugs. Been using just one half of the amplifier,
>> two panels and that comes out as a signal N connector on the back of the
>> amplifier frame. But now that I am getting the other half of the amplifier
>> up and running will need to connect the original external RF combiner
>> network external of the amplifier and that has type C connectors. Don’t
>> know what I did with the original cables but will have to have matching
>> cables from each set of amplifiers and matching adapters to keep everything
>> in phase. Have a couple adapters now for the output and rejection load.
>>
>> Looked on eBay and it looks like they beat you down for at least twenty
>> or thirty bucks per adapter! Plus shipping. Maybe I can con someone around
>> here for less?
>>
>> Wonder who’s idea it was to use C connectors anyway?
>>
>>
>>
>> Ray F/KA3EKH
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
> --
> Succinctly,
>
> Glen
> You can always get more money, but you can never get more time.
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