SO239 Chassis Connector uses?

[topgun1986]

I was looking to purchase some PL259 solder connectors (for some custom length RG8 cables I would like to make) and came across SO239 UHF chassis connectors, solder type I believe. Where would these typically be used or what application would this connector be used for?

 

[WA0CBW]

It would be on a device that needs an antenna connector. It would be on a CB radio because manufacturers agreed on the PL259/SO239 as the method to connect the coax/antenna to the radio. There are other connectors that are in use such as the BNC or mini UHF. Each of these types of connectors comes in the Male and Female variety (so they can be connected together). In the case of UHF connectors the PL259 is the Male and the SO239 is the female.
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[topgun1986]

Thanks. I thought perhaps somehow they could be used for mounting to a copper plate, for grounding purposes.

I plan on installing some type of weatherproof box, at the base of my tower, for my separate feedlines. The idea is my feedlines would enter my tower box, terminate onto a ground bar (via some type of UHF connector) then continue on to my shack/equipment.

A bulkhead fitting may be what I am looking for, but not quite sure. I suppose I could install polysphasers $$$/ surge arrestors $/ suppressors $ on each feedline, lay in box and then run a separate grounding wire to the copper bar I plan on installing in the tower box. Wouldn't quite be the nice, clean look I am looking for, but I suppose that may be the route I have to take.

 

[WA0CBW]

Several manufacturers make exactly what you are looking for. Fasten the surge arrestor to the metal bar and ground the bar. This how it is done in commercial installations. Another way is to use a "feedthrough" (So239 on both ends threaded from one end to the other). This satisfies the NEC requirements to ground the shield or braid of the coax before it enters the house. Take a look at DX Engineering for examples of both.
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[n5ims]

I was looking to purchase some PL259 solder connectors (for some custom length RG8 cables I would like to make) and came across SO239 UHF chassis connectors, solder type I believe. Where would these typically be used or what application would this connector be used for?

You can also use them as a base for a ground plane antenna as in this link --> BUILD A GROUND PLANE ANTENNA FOR 2 METERS AND MORE - SIMPLE AND EASY!

 

[topgun1986]

Several manufacturers make exactly what you are looking for. Fasten the surge arrestor to the metal bar and ground the bar. This how it is done in commercial installations. Another way is to use a "feedthrough" (So239 on both ends threaded from one end to the other). This satisfies the NEC requirements to ground the shield or braid of the coax before it enters the house. Take a look at DX Engineering for examples of both.
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So a SO239 feed thru (with proper nuts on each side of copperplate to secure it to the copperplate adequately) will provide a low impedance path from my towerbox copperplate to my grounding electrode system (3 ground rods)?