Jeffrey:
I'm curious, since the connector on the rear of the radio is a "UHF"
(SO239), and since I have never seen an elbow that has a plug to match
that on one end and a BNC on the other side, what is the actual
configuration you're using? Do you have a UHF elbow and then a UHF to BNC
adapter?
BNC's will generally fit without problems. The most common reason when
they don't is that the connector has been squished and is now slightly
out-of-round. If that's the case, you may be able to fix it by carefully
reshaping the connector. Since the antenna still plugs into the front
connector on the radio, it's would most likely be your adapter (assuming
you do have the right connector on the adapter.
Chuck - N8DNX
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On Thu, 14 Jun 2001, Jeffrey Steinberg wrote:
Woops: BNC. Like on the front of the 817.
I bought an N connector elbow so that when I use the rubber duck, it
stick
straight up
when the radio is on a table with speaker firing upward.
The connector when onto the FT-817 fine, but the rubber duck will not
for
the life of me go onto the other end
of the elbow. Paid $5.00 for this one; thought it was good. Am I
doing
something wrong or is the tolerance of this
antenna too tight for anything but the most on-spec elbow?
Anyone else have this problem? Know of a known N elbow source/part
number
that works?
