[NLRS] Please educate me on N jumpers

David Palm thepalmhq at gmail.com
Mon Jul 29 16:48:27 EDT 2013


>> One possibility is that someone accidentally attached a PL-259 instead
of an N Male to that N female socket. The outer threads are the same size,
so the connector seems to screw into place normally, but the center
conductor of a PL-259 is much larger than the center conductor of an N
Male, so it splays out the center conductor of the N female socket. <<

Yes, W0GHZ said the same thing in a private e-mail.  I think this is
exactly what happened.  I lent the meter out and this is the first time
I've used it since it came back to me.  I had PL-259 - N adapters in the
carrying case, but I'll bet it got the PL-259 treatment anyway.

Thanks for the great feedback.

73,

David  W9HQ


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