24 May
2009
24 May
'09
5:15 p.m.
On Sun, 24 May 2009 12:34:19 -0400, Dave McGuire wrote:
They're one of the worst connector designs
I've ever seen.
Show me a connetor design from the 30s that will take RG8 low loss coax
and handle several KWs of RF power without arcing and sparking.
You will not do it with a BNC.
PL259s are easy to terminate with a little practice and a good soldering gun!
Twisting two pieces of wire together is a lot nicer
than a PL259
To get closer to being on topic, try soldering 3 or 4 pieces of coax to a DB9 connector to
use as a RGB
video feed and look at it on an analyzer, it makes a PL259 look like a real clean option.
I agree the PL259 is overkill for 1v composit video, but they do have their uses.
The other Bob