Well, thatis the same way I am.  I have always used BNC connectors with a
few exceptions with some older scanner rigs I have, and the Motorola Expo
I have that is just an open jack with no fancy connector or anything like
that, which I am stilllooking for information on and anyone who has edoe
anything with an Expo, but I guess we'll keep having to get convertors for
these kinds of radios.





On Fri, 8 Nov 2002, John Miller wrote:

> Actually Jeff,  from what I'm seeing, just FYI, more and more of the newer
> HT's, especially the smaller ones now are coming out with SMA jacks. I'm not
> crazy about them, but hey, I'm not too crazy about the modular microphone
> jacks on the newer mobile radios either but that could be just me. I'm a bit
> different, hate change.
> John Miller N1UMJ
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "JEFFREY MICHAEL KENYON" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Friday, November 08, 2002 12:50 PM
> Subject: Re: a better antenna forthe THF6A besides the rubber duck
>
>
> > I used a scanner antenna witha  convertor.  The scanner antenna was BNC,
> > and that was one thing that surprised me about the THF6 because most
> > radios I have seen have BNC.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Fri, 8 Nov 2002, Butch Bussen wrote:
> >
> > > Where did you find a telescopic antenna with the s m a connector, not
> sure
> > > I got that name right.
> > > 73s
> > > Butch Bussen
> > > wa0vjr
> > >
> >
>