SB-102 antenna connections

[Ed Mosher]

Here! Here!   I'm with you, Gary.

BTW, did you know that when using RG-58 size coax with an SO-239, you
actually place an IMPEDENCE BUMP in your coax line?  Tis true, Laddies;
the size of the connector affects the impedence.  When a small connector
is used with small cable, impedence matches fairly well.  But, using a
LARGE connector with small coax actually makes the line appear to have a
"bump".

The above reason is one of two that caused Heath to use the RCA
connectors.  The other: Seems that Heath recognized that most of us hams
use RG-58 for interconnects between rig, amp, peripherials and such;
therefore the smaller connector was more useful.  And it's lots cheaper,
er, that is ECONOMICAL, to use a phono than a PL-259.

That's my  $.05 worth; partly from the mouths of them what designed the
beasties.

Ed Mosher
WA8ZVO at JUNO.COM         Formerly  "One of the Hams at Heath"

 **The most valuable "things" in our lives are not things! **

On Mon, 26 Apr 1999 20:55:00 -0500 Gary Harmon <gharmon at IDWORLD.NET>
writes:
>NO-NO-NO a thousand times NO!  Please don't ruin a perfectly good
>piece of
>history by mounting a SO-239 in place of a RCA antenna jack.  HW-101s,
>SBs,
>Lunchboxes.....ALL ruined for the sake of convenience.  NO-NO-NO!!!
>
>Off my soap box.
>
>Best regards and please put the drills, reamers, hole punches, etc.,
>UP!
>
>gary
>
>======================
>Gary H. Harmon, Jr. - K5JWK
>6302 Robin Forest
>San Antonio, TX  78239-3218
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>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Heathkit Owners and Collectors List
>[mailto:HEATH at LISTSERV.TEMPE.GOV]On Behalf Of john
>Sent: Monday, April 26, 1999 7:28 PM
>To: HEATH at LISTSERV.TEMPE.GOV
>Subject: Re: SB-102 antenna conections
>
>
>At 07:53 PM 4/26/99 -0400, Steve and Anne Ray wrote:
>>I recommend you replace it with a SO-239.
>
>If it's good enough for a KWM-2, its good enough for me (a phono
>jack!)
>
>>Use a
>>sheet metal ream to enlarge the hole,
>
>Ouch! There's another SB-102 screaming in the night!
>:-)
>
>/John
>
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