One last comment on the subject.
I today spoke with a guy that worked for TX/RX for many years. He is now on
his own and owns a consulting firm that specializes in RF Interference. He
says that the crimp connectors are superior but adds the following -- 1.
that the proper crimp tool MUST be used and that the center pin MUST be
soldered, not crimped.
No matter what, common sense dictates that a poorly installed connector of
either style will perform poorly. Me thinks that this can be the underlying
problem in many cases where someone found a problem. Hey, if you just happen
to end up with a factory-installed connector that failed, it's quite
possible it might have been a new employee, just learning.
Chuck
WB2EDV
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim B." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2005 11:48 AM
Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] connectors
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
>> As for the crimp or clamp style connector. If you look at many
>> combining system you will notice that 95% of them use the CLAMP style
>> connector. There must be a reason that MOST of the engineers for the
>> companies prefer CLAMP over CRIMP. hmmm there must be a reason. I
>> know that out of all the site we have here in the North West we use
>> nothing but CLAMP.
>>
>> Mike K7PFJ
>
> <more major snippage>
>
> Again, not true. The vast majority of them are CRIMP now. Motorola
> recommends them. M/A-Com recommends them. TX/RX does. Sinclair does.
> Scala does. etc, etc, etc...
> (Also it's not recommended to use 'N' connectors at power levels above
> 100W above about 200 Mhz, but that's another issue.)
> --
> Jim Barbour
> WD8CHL
>
>
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