Jeffrey,
I have a box full of BNC adapters including male-to-male elbows,
female-to-male elbows, barrel connectors...you get the idea. And I
can tell you that often times one BNC does not match another BNC in
the world of adapters.
Sometimes the center pins on the BNC adapters are thicker than
others. This creates a problem trying to get the antenna end of the
BNC to push down, twist and lock on to the radio end. In fact, I
have found this to be the case on my 817, but I don't know if it is
an 817 problem or an adapter problem to be honest.
The ducky works just fine. And the Maldol whip I have works just
fine, but the Maldol does seem to resist locking into place, although
it does after a bit of effort.
I have a BNC elbow on the front of the radio now as the rig sits on
my desk and the elbow does NOT lock onto the radio like it should. I
can not get it to fully twist and lock. I have a VHF/UHF vertical
in my yard that I'm using with this configuration.
Another post suggested that your connector might have gotten tweaked
out of shape. That certainly is another possibility, but if you just
bought the elbow it should be shaped OK...doesn't mean it isn't but
you'd think something new would not be bent.
Try the elbow on other devices you have with BNC's on them and see if
it works OK. If it does, then maybe we have some type of issue with
the 817 connector since I too have experienced some resistance to
twisting and locking on BNC's to the rig.
Has anyone else had problems like this?
Jason (NF6E)
--- In FT817@y..., "Jeffrey Steinberg" <jeffreys@c...> wrote:
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?
--Jeffrey, K2MIT
