At 09:14 AM 4/7/2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote...
Considering these are used for carrying polarized power signals, why
do you want/require that they be "genderless?"
Convenience and flexibility.
That's a non-response, since it implies that alternatives aren't. I
believe that most hams find UHF and BNC connectors to be convenient and
flexible, and they're gendered. Given all the argument around crimp vs.
solder on powerpoles, I might grant you flexibility, but not
convenience :-)
As radio amateurs, I'd hope we'd know a little about what we are
doing.
That's a very poor assumption, given the types of questions I've heard
asked by licensees.
We use the same RF connectors (although gendered) for everything from
the legal limit of power down to receiver inputs; make a mistake and
the results can be very unpleasant. Is 12 volts somehow more dangerous?
You've apparently never seen the results of a lithium battery
explosion/fire. It's more than "unpleasant."
The problem is that with adapters it's just as easy to make such
mistakes.
No, and saying that doesn't make it true. It should be obviously clear
that a system which allows anything to plug into anything else is also
the easiest one to make a mistake with.
There's also the advantage of a universal standard
It's not a universal standard. At best, it's a standard for one group
in one country within ham radio (ARES/RACES). It's not used by the big
3, and given the number of questions here from people who are new to
the connectors, it's quite far from a standard in the general ham
community.
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