[R-390] Minibnc connectors (really MB connectors)

[Bob Camp]

Hi

If you go the “replacement” route, there are also things like the MCX that are a *lot* more common. You may run into locations where an SMA / SMB / SMC is simply to large. I haven’t done the conversion so no idea if they fit everywhere or not …

Bob
KB8TQ

On Jul 25, 2014, at 8:01 AM, Tisha Hayes <tisha.hayes at gmail.com> wrote:

> It is much easier to buy a junker RF deck off of eBay for $25 that still
> has the cables attached. With careful work you can remove an old MB
> connector and put it on new cable.
> 
> I cannot believe that someone has that much need for a bunch of MB
> connectors. If they became unavailable I would just replace the chassis
> connector and the cable with an SMB. Even if you had a half-dozen RF and IF
> decks you could replace every connector with SMB's over a weekend.
> 
> At least the SMB (or SMA) connector is an industry standard where you could
> buy a whole bunch of test jumpers for working on radio decks outside of the
> radio.
> -- 
> Ms. Tisha Hayes. AA4HA
> 
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