radioshane
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I have a moonraker discone that is in my loft and I've been trying for about an hour to get the n type coaxial cable onto it obviously trying to put it on clockwise could anyone suggest why it won't go on ?
Well, c'mon - what was the answer - the suspense is killing me......
I think we all know what the answer was. Probably why he hasn't commented.
— He didn't have a big enough hammer to make it fit.
I've seen PL-259s threaded on to N female jacks. Threaded right on up to the end. You'd think that the female pin collapsing and breaking would be a clue...
I had our PD bring me a vehicle for some radio programming. When I do that I usually give the vehicle a once over, especially since this one had just come back from the upfitter.
Found exactly that. The 800MHz radio had an N connector on the back. The "installer" didn't have an N connector, or didn't know what it was. Anyway what this person had done was to solder the center pin of the UHF connector way down near the base, keeping most of it unsoldered. The unsoldered center pin of the male UHF connector will slide over the top of the center pin of the female N connector.
And, it works. Makes contact and everything.
In the words of Scooby Doo, "and he would have gotten away with it too" if it wasn't someone actually looking at the install.
And this was a big name shop. All I can figure is that it was a new guy, or it was Friday afternoon. Makes me wonder how many other vehicles they've cut corners on, hoping they'd never get caught.
So, off comes the connector, crimp on a new N connector, program the radio, and they are on their way.
Needless to say the 6 new SUV Interceptors that came in when to a different shop.
The unsoldered center pin of the male UHF connector will slide over the top of the center pin of the female N connector.
Top marks for ingenuity though!