You may not have these special tools. However, you might own a basic cable crimper to install a crimp-type F connector. If you don't have a crimper, no problem—simply buy a twist-on F connector which you can install by hand. As for stripping the cable before adding the connector, a...
Common coax connector types Standard:Type N and BNC standard connectors are discussed above. 7-16 DIN is a high power, Low PIMconnectors, widely used in antennasystems andbase stationssupply better performances with regards to interference and intermodulation rejection. TNC connectors,sometimes referre...
At the first stop, everything went smoothly. I put up my 31ft Jackite mast with the 30.5ft random wire going to a 9:1 LDG Unun and a 1:1 LDG choke. The coax then goes to a LDG AT-200Pro II tuner and my Yaesu FT-857D dialed down to 5W. This is my standard configuration w...
Televisions that receive over-the-air TV will have on the back or side a coax connector for an antenna. After connecting an antenna you need to go to the TV Menu and Scan for Channels. It may take a minute or more to complete the scan. Sometimes when a TV station adds a new ...
“DuPont connector”generally refersto these. Its contacts are typically bent from a single piece of stamped brass into a box shape around 1.6mm square. Unlike Mini-PV which has 4 different contact sizes, and 3 different spring tensions this type has just one single size, and one spring tens...
Update:Note in the loop diagram near the top of the page that the ground wire on the output connector connects to the loop coax shielding on the primary side of the balun. I don’t recall that we did this in the build, but I would encourage you to do so. This should result in eve...