[MRCA] [HarrisRadio] UG-565 adapters

[MilComm Guy]

Ray, are those the "large" bnc connectors ? , if so, I have several male
RG-213 style connectors.

Mark
K1HF

On Mon, Jul 17, 2023 at 4:48 PM W2HX <w2hx at w2hx.com> wrote:

> Ray, Harris RF used the C connector in other areas. For example, the
> RF-127 line flattener (transmission line matcher) also used C connectors. I
> think they can handle more power than a BNC and maybe they used them in
> applications where they didn’t want you to accidentally plug the wrong
> thing into them (I dunno, purely conjecture). Kinda like circular amphenol
> connectors that have different keying to prevent user error. Maybe if you
> had a 5KW amp, you would want the output connector to be something that you
> wouldn’t accidentally plug it into a 1KW antenna coupler. Who knows!
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> *From:* HarrisRadio at groups.io <HarrisRadio at groups.io> * On Behalf Of *Ray
> Fantini via groups.io
> *Sent:* Monday, July 17, 2023 4:34 PM
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> *Subject:* Re: [HarrisRadio] UG-565 adapters
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> How can you possibly know this in such short order! I am almost more
> inclined to believe that it was invented just to piss me off! Why the Hell
> did Harris use type N connectors on the back of the RF-1110B and not use an
> internal combiner like every other RF-1110 but insist on using a huge weird
> external combiner to pair the two 500 watt stages that for some bizarre
> reason uses C connectors. The reject load also has a C connector but I did
> have the reject to load cable so that good. Think this may be the only
> application of type C connectors on a HF device that I have seen.
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> Ray F/KA3EKH
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> *From:* HarrisRadio at groups.io <HarrisRadio at groups.io> *On Behalf Of *Nick
> K4NYW via groups.io
> *Sent:* Monday, July 17, 2023 4:12 PM
> *To:* HarrisRadio at groups.io
> *Cc:* mrca at mailman.qth.net; MMRCG at groups.io
> *Subject:* Re: [HarrisRadio] UG-565 adapters
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> 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.
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> On Mon, Jul 17, 2023 at 4:06 PM Glen.Closson <glen.closson at gmail.com>
> wrote:
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> 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.
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> On Mon, Jul 17, 2023 at 12:16 PM Ray Fantini <RAFANTINI at salisbury.edu>
> wrote:
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> 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.
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> 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?
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> Wonder who’s idea it was to use C connectors anyway?
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> Ray F/KA3EKH
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> Succinctly,
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> Glen
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> You can always get more money, but you can never get more time.
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