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<p>Chris, <br>
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<p>I thought we had a discussion about RCA connectors on the Collins
listserve; I thought the consensus was that RF wise, they were
fabulous. The main issue is the females wear out, and getting
good ones to replace the ones you have is a bit of a problem
now...am I wrong?<br>
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<p>Guy</p>
<p>...one of the hams at Heath...</p>
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<p>Heathkit back then used phono connectors a lot, probably
because they were cheap. They are not the best connectors to use
for RF. The sleeve-fit ground makes for lousy connections. <br>
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<p>Since the coax cables are not carrying any appreciable power,
just about any well-shielded cable will work. The impedance is
not an issue for anything less than say 6 feet. The reason for
the coax is to keep the RF isolated, not to match anything.
Don't use audio coax cable simply because the shielding is not
very good. <br>
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<p>RG-8X is pretty thick and stiff. It will work but be
cumbersome, plus you'll have a helluva time trying to solder on
the phono plugs. If you're still worried about impedance, use
RG-58<br>
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<p>One of the major drawbacks of the SB104 is that it lacked RIT
(receiver incremental tuning) and XIT. To have a separate VFO
just to accomplish this simple feature is overkill. I built
RIT/XIT into my much older HW-101 (similar solid state VFO)
pretty easily with a varactor, a pot, and some switching
circuitry. <br>
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<p>Chris, KL7DM<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 10/8/2021 2:54 PM, Steven
Feinsmith wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">I acquired Heathkit Ham radio and worked on my
technician and general exams to earn the callsign soon.<br>
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I cleaned my SB-644A, Remote VFO, and checked everything to
ensure it was in good working order. I have a pair of shielded
coaxial cables to link with my Heathkit SB-104A transceiver.
Both ends use RCA male phono connectors. I realized they were
short, a foot long. They cannot reach the remote VFO unless I
have put them on the left instead of the right. I checked the
assembly manual, and it showed that #343-3, a large, coaxial
cable, came 4 feet long. It has cut to 2 feet long instead of
one foot long. I decided to get a new coaxial cable. The
original cable labeled as follows:<br>
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300V 80 degree FR-1 (UL) AWN STYLE 1436<br>
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I searched for the specification for that cable.
Unfortunately, there was almost no information such as
50-ohms? I called three different vendors, and they did not
know much about it. I think I can use RG-8x coaxial cable, but
I am not sure if this kind of cable can be attached with an
RCA male connector? What is your suggestion?<br>
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73,<br>
Steven<br>
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