-=> Ed Vance wrote to phigan <=-
> What's with this N connector BS? I picked up a 2m/70cm antenna from a guy
and
> it turned out to have an N connector on it. Do any of you have radios with N
> for the VHF/UHF hookup? I heard the Icom 9700 is like that. Why do these
guys
> gotta go changing this stuff up?!
phigan: N connectors have been around for decades. Very common on RF
systems, and have been for...... decades.
EV> I remember N connectors being used when I was a USNavy Radioman years
EV> ago. The N plugs could be connected or removed bt gripping a "collar"
EV> near the front ofthe plug and pulling the "collar" back to quickly
EV> Connect or Disconnect the plug to/from a Antenna Patch Panel in the
EV> Ships Radio Room.
As a retired US Navy electronics technician, I can tell you that N
connectors are not the collar/push/pull type that you are referring to.
There are connectors of that type, but the N-type is a screw-on
(threaded) connector of medium size, very common on Navy (and other) RF
radio systems.
More info here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N_connector
EV> N connectors coccections are Fast compared to twisting a PL-259 plug
EV> onto a SO-239 chassiscon ector.
EV> At least that is what I recall doing.
EV> Pull, Push release to either make a connection, or to remove the
EV> connection. HTH
The N-type connector is not a push/pull, it is threaded. There are
indeed various push/pull types, but I don't recall them being common in
RF systems. One type that I know of is called "Lemo" and there are
others, but generally not common in RF connections, I believe.
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