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
>>>
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