I agree. The connectors should have screwed on with your fingers. Then you can snug them a little with pliers or a wrench.
Chuck WB2EDV ----- Original Message ----- From: <men...@pa.net> To: <Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Monday, September 07, 2009 10:48 AM Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: De-sense question > In your initial post ypu mentioned that you had to use pliers to > tighten the connectors on both ends. > > 2 possibilities: > 1) You used the wrong connectors. > Yes I have seen this done before. A PL259 screwed onto a N-Female. > Contact made but poor range on a simplex system; looked OK on wattmeter. > 2) You have cross-threaded the connections. There is contact but it > is poor/intermittent. Another good place for problems. > > The connectors should screw together by hand. If they don't there is > a problem. Find it and correct it. Don't use the pliers for anything. > > Also, as others have said, get rid of the preamp. > > Milt > N3LTQ > >
