On Sun, 8 Jul 2007 09:47:12 -0700, Bob Nielsen wrote: >I don't have any recent Icom handhelds, but I suspect that they are >now using SMA connectors, as are Yaesu and some other manufacturers.
My ICOM hand-held transceiver uses BNC. >I don't know of there are any SMA to PL-259 adapters, but >putting that with some RG-8 coax on an SMA connection might >introduce an unacceptable strain on the radio. I would advise >using a SMA to BNC adapter and a short cable with a BNC on one >end and a PL-259 on the other. I would advise the inverse - a short adapter cable with a SMA/BNC male (whichever the radio needs) and a UHF female on the other end. From bitter experience, I would not put the "solid" adapter on the handheld radio itself, because of the strain on the radio's connector. -- 73 de K2ASP - Phil Kane Elecraft K2/100 s/n 5402 _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
