Hi All, I till last night thought I found the "Holy Grail" of a connector and connector source. But maybe was blown down by a "Professional" That does all this "Radio Stuff" for a living.
I always LOVED the old "N" connectors. With the big rubber clamping thing inside for the shield. And always wished that method was available on other connectors, even the old PL-259.
A few weeks ago I found them, Like this,
http://dxavenue.com/131-465-thickbox/pl-259-clamp-connector-uhf-male.jpg
and I found a source, that is not only CHEAP, but in any combination you could even dream of. So No losses from adapters. Like from LMR-400 to Male BNC, or even LMR-400 to female SMA.
I bought three connectors. (2) LMR-400 to Male BNC (1) Male BNC to Female SMA
Total cost only 9 bucks and 3 days shipping time!
OK, I was sooo happy I had to bring them to the club meeting last night to let everyone else know of this find. And a guy that works for a land mobile company. They do all the radio work around here for the police, FD etc. And he said he wished he knew I wanted them. They got a box of a hundred in the storage room. A lot of equipment comes with the connectors like these but they refuse to use them. He said they are not reliable and the ground connection fails.
I never heard of this before. What is everyones thoughts here?
Joe WB9SBD