Today I installed a few PL259 connectors of this type:
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PL 259 Connector (picture from Wikimedia)
I should have known better… the ‘barrel’ is too long so the plugs can not be tightened on most SO239 sockets… Only 25% of the price of a ‘European-made’ (???) plug but what are they really worth?
5 days left to find a good solution before next contest (SCC RTTY Championship).
I guess I’ll have to try and file/sand off some material and see if these connectors can be saved.
Again a lesson learned!
Most of the time I use N-connectors for everything, even for frequencies below 30 MHz but of course there is still some gear that is manufactured with SO239.
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