[NLRS] Please educate me on N jumpers

[Barry VE4MA]

This can also happen from an N connector center pin that sticks out too far

73
Barry VE4MA

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From: nlrs-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:nlrs-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On
Behalf Of David Palm
Sent: Monday, July 29, 2013 3:48 PM
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Subject: Re: [NLRS] Please educate me on N jumpers



>> 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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