Good point Steve but my daughter Joanna is usually Jo, so there you go!!
Pat, K9JAUAt 06:22 PM 1/18/2011, you wrote:
>Colin,
>
>The only trouble is that you end up with a female named Jack, which is a bit
>like a boy named Sue, I guess.
>
>Steve
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "colin McDonald" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2011 18:07
>Subject: Re: Observation about the Stock Wouxun Antenna
>
>
> > it was always pretty straight forward to me...if it's got a hole where a
> > pin
> > can enter, it's a female regardless of the outer shell or the rest of the
> > connecter.  If it's got a pin that can enter a hole, it's a male, again,
> > regardless of the rest of the connecters configuration.
> > You always refer to the center of the connecter, not the outside.
> > If you were to refer to the outside, then yes, a PL259 would be the
> > female,
> > and the so239 would be the male...but we always refer to the center of the
> > connecter...that is industry standard.
> > same with refering to jacks and plugs...the jack is always the female and
> > the plug is always the male.  Your plugging the jack right.
> > your not jacking the plug lol.
> > 73
> > Colin, V A6BKX
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
> > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2011 6:27 AM
> > Subject: Re: Observation about the Stock Wouxun Antenna
> >
> >
> >> PL-259 is male, SO-239, the connector the PL-259 connects to, is female.
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "Gerry Leary" <[log in to unmask]>
> >> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> >> Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2011 7:31 AM
> >> Subject: Re: Observation about the Stock Wouxun Antenna
> >>
> >>
> >>> So is a PL259 which is the common HF Coax connector the Mail or Female?
> >>> ----- Original Message -----
> >>> From: "Buddy Brannan" <[log in to unmask]>
> >>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> >>> Sent: Monday, January 17, 2011 7:59 AM
> >>> Subject: Re: Observation about the Stock Wouxun Antenna
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> No. Threads on the outside is female. Threads on the inside is male. (I
> >>>> =
> >>>> just got this bit of wisdom from a web site that makes up cables and =
> >>>> things.)
> >>>> --
> >>>> Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA
> >>>> Phone: (814) 860-3194 or 888-75-BUDDY
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> On Jan 17, 2011, at 7:13 AM, Gerry Leary wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> on my THF6A the connector on the radio has the threads on the outside
> >>>>> =
> >>>> of it.=20
> >>>>> Doesn't that make it the mail?
> >>>>> ----- Original Message -----=20
> >>>>> From: "Buddy Brannan" <[log in to unmask]>
> >>>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> >>>>> Sent: Saturday, January 15, 2011 11:10 AM
> >>>>> Subject: Re: Observation about the Stock Wouxun Antenna
> >>>>>=20
> >>>>>=20
> >>>>>> You're missing something. The TH-F6A antenna has a male (the radio =
> >>>> has =3D
> >>>>>> the female).=3D20
> >>>>>> --
> >>>>>> Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA
> >>>>>> Phone: (814) 860-3194 or 888-75-BUDDY
> >>>>>>=20
> >>>>>>=20
> >>>>>>=20
> >>>>>> On Jan 15, 2011, at 11:24 AM, Lou Kolb wrote:
> >>>>>>=20
> >>>>>>> mike,
> >>>>>>> =3D20
> >>>>>>> i'd like a clarification, please.  How can you use the
> >>>>>>> dual-female=20=
> >>>>
> >>>>>>> SMA=3D20=3D
> >>>>>>=20
> >>>>>>> adaptor with the TH-F6 antenna when it has a female connector on it
> >>>>>>> =
> >>>> or =3D
> >>>>>> am I=3D20
> >>>>>>> just missing something?  73,  Lou
> >>>>>>> ----- Original Message -----=3D20
> >>>>>>> From: "Mike Duke, K5XU" <[log in to unmask]>
> >>>>>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> >>>>>>> Sent: Saturday, January 15, 2011 10:51 AM
> >>>>>>> Subject: Observation about the Stock Wouxun Antenna
> >>>>>>> =3D20
> >>>>>>> =3D20
> >>>>>>>> By way of observation, I do think there are better performing HT
> >>>>>>>> antennas out there, especially for two meters. The stock antenna
> >>>>>>>> =3D
> >>>>>> works
> >>>>>>>> fine on 440, but the antenna from my Kenwood THF6 blows it away on
> >>>>>>>> =
> >>>> 2
> >>>>>>>> meters.
> >>>>>>>> =3D20
> >>>>>>>> While at the Milton, Florida ham fest last July, I bought the SMA
> >>>>>>>> equivalent of the PL258 barrel connector.
> >>>>>>>> =3D20
> >>>>>>>> This coupler is a female SMA connector on each end. It is about the
> >>>>>>>> size of a pencil eraser, so if you get one, screw it onto the end =
> >>>> of
> >>>>>>>> an antenna, and leave it there. Otherwise, you will be constantly
> >>>>>>>> chasing it around until it gets itself lost.
> >>>>>>>> =3D20
> >>>>>>>> I tried it with the antenna from my Kenwood THF6, and was very
> >>>>>>>> surprised at the difference it made on 2 meters.
> >>>>>>>> =3D20
> >>>>>>>> I have also used it with the MFJ duel band antenna that is about 17
> >>>>>>>> inches long. That works too, of course, but I don't want that for =
> >>>> my
> >>>>>>>> primary antenna because of the length.
> >>>>>>>> =3D20
> >>>>>>>> Since there are better 2 meter/440 ducks out there than the Kenwood
> >>>>>>>> antenna, buy either the SMA connector that I mentioned, or the BNC
> >>>>>>>> =
> >>>> to
> >>>>>>>> SMA male connector, and you will have lots of antenna options.
> >>>>>>>> =3D20
> >>>>>>>> I bought both connectors from Cedar City Sales, of Lebanon, TN. I
> >>>>>>>> think they were $5 each.
> >>>>>>>> =3D20
> >>>>>>>> Mike Duke, K5XU
> >>>>>>>> American Council of Blind Radio Amateurs=3D20
> >>>>>>=20
> >>>>
> >