What helps is filling a connector with silicone dielectric grease. Cheaper than dry nitrogen and the rest of the stuff needed with it. :-)
73, Mike www.w0btu.com On Fri, Dec 7, 2018 at 8:40 PM vk2wf <vk...@bigpond.com> wrote: > Hi allIn my past life I used to service Hagenuk ATUs for the navy. > Internally a BNC connector was used for main feed. It was a nominal 1kw > device but it was pressurized to 14psi with nitrogen. 73Adrian vk2wf > > > Sent from my SAMSUNG Galaxy S7 on the Telstra Mobile Network > -------- Original message --------From: "Richard (Rick) Karlquist" < > rich...@karlquist.com> Date: 8/12/18 1:22 pm (GMT+10:00) To: > k...@k3lr.com, 'Mike Waters' <mikew...@gmail.com>, 'Frank Donovan' < > donov...@starpower.net>, 'topband' <topband@contesting.com>, 'Steve Maki' > <li...@oakcom.org> Subject: Re: Topband: Rather use N-type (was Re: The > answer to PL-259 > > > On 12/7/2018 6:07 PM, Tim Duffy wrote: > > > > W6NL asked me this question - would you run 1500 watts with BNC > connectors? > > > > Tim K3LR > > Actually, I have gotten away with BNC connectors on 160 meters > at 1500W for decades. YMMV! > > 73 > Rick N6RK > _________________ > Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband > Reflector > _________________ > Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband > Reflector > _________________ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector
