On 7/22/2010 10:49 AM, Alan Bloom wrote: > It's a little-known fact that a male N connector is a perfect fit > with a female BNC. Of course, there is no locking mechanism so > you wouldn't want to use it for an antenna connection, but it > works fine for testing on the bench - no adapter necessary.
But beware doing it "cross species" - the male pin of an PL-259 connector can be forced into a female N connector by tightening the shell threads, thereby ruining the N-connector. One of our served agencies found that out the hard way when one of their set-up mechanics tried to hook up the wrong end of the antenna cable and they had to buy us a new Dual-Band antenna. (ouch!) -- 73 de K2ASP - Phil Kane Elecraft K2/100 s/n 5402 From a Clearing in the Silicon Forest Beaverton (Washington County) Oregon ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
