[Yaesu] What is wrong with SMA?

[John Geiger]

And I would bet that most of the reviewers complaining
about SMA connector had no idea as to the
connect/disconnect life cycle of them.

73s John W5TD

--- Rudy Marcelletti <k8swd at verizon.net> wrote:

> BNC has a greater connect/disconnect life cycle than
> SMA and is more rugged
> and faster to connect/disconnect.  I read somewhere
> that average life of SMA
> is roughly 300 or so cycles of connect/disconnect
> and BNC is in the 1,000's.
> People want smaller, yet feature packed radios every
> year, so SMA was added
> to this end.  It's not like we are constantly
> connecting and disconnecting
> antennas and if you are, you need another HT and/or
> a mobile rig.  Rudy,
> K8SWD
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: yaesu-bounces at mailman.qth.net
> [mailto:yaesu-bounces at mailman.qth.net]
> On Behalf Of KBØNLY
> Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2007 10:29 AM
> To: Yaesu Reflector
> Subject: Re: [Yaesu] What is wrong with SMA?
> 
> I like the SMA on my VX7R compared to the BNC
> connector.  First of all the 
> SMA give a better, more solid, connection in my
> opinion.  Every HT I ever 
> had with a BNC got loose and wobbly after use.
> 
> Sure, the SMA does have its drawbacks.  Its fragile
> in many ways, I've seen 
> guys cross thread them, and I have seen HT's with
> the SMA snapped off from 
> being dropped with a dual band whip on it.  And then
> you have people who 
> hang a SO-239 to SMA adapter off it and wonder why
> its broke, etc..
> 
> Overall though, I would rather have the SMA.  If you
> have a current HT with 
> SMA and want BNC they make a nice low profile
> adapter to screw onto the 
> radio and put whatever you want for a BNC antenna on
> instead.
> 
> 73,
> 
> Scott
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "John Geiger" <johngeig at yahoo.com>
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> 
> <kenwood at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2007 9:19 AM
> Subject: [Yaesu] What is wrong with SMA?
> 
> 
> >I have been reading some equipment reviews on a
> > website, and many reviewers complained about an HT
> > having a SMA connector instead of a BNC.  So what
> is
> > wrong with SMA connectors?  I like them better
> than
> > BNC connectors since they are smaller and are just
> as
> > easy to use.
> >
> > 73s John W5TD
> >
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