Hello Fred,
Absolutely! Have for many years. I wouldn't dream of not having that stuff
in my outdoor connectors.
For UHF-style connectors, I pretty much filled them up. For other
connectors such as snap-and-seal, too much can push the coax out of the
back of it due to hydraulic pressure as the nu
This happens after a lightning strike.
From: Topband on behalf of Charles Otnott via
Topband
Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2019 9:16 PM
To: WW3S; topband@contesting.com
Subject: Re: Topband: Failed bulkhead connector
A speculation...cheap CHI-COMM product perhaps
I have had those fail also(QRO).. I'm sure they were cheap ones too.
I have now use the Amphenol brand and have used the ones with the dielectric
PBT and PTFE so neither have failed so far.
The PTFE are more expensive I am assuming those are better ones??
Also always wondered this when I was wor
Charlie
WD5BHT
-Original Message-
>From: WW3S
>Sent: Jan 27, 2019 3:56 PM
>To: topband@contesting.com
>Subject: Topband: Failed bulkhead connector
>
>Had a great start to the 160 contest, about 90 qsos the first hour, running
>about 1200 w to my inverted L.took a
Had a great start to the 160 contest, about 90 qsos the first hour, running
about 1200 w to my inverted L.took a short break to grab a bite to eat,
first transmission after that tripped the swr protection in the amplong
story short, after attempting to fix it in the dark, Saturday mornin
