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. 
> Doesn't that make it the mail?
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> 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
> 
> 
>> You're missing something. The TH-F6A antenna has a male (the radio has =
>> the female).=20
>> --
>> Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA
>> Phone: (814) 860-3194 or 888-75-BUDDY
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On Jan 15, 2011, at 11:24 AM, Lou Kolb wrote:
>> 
>>> mike,
>>> =20
>>> i'd like a clarification, please.  How can you use the dual-female 
>>> SMA=20=
>> 
>>> adaptor with the TH-F6 antenna when it has a female connector on it or =
>> am I=20
>>> just missing something?  73,  Lou
>>> ----- Original Message -----=20
>>> 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
>>> =20
>>> =20
>>>> By way of observation, I do think there are better performing HT
>>>> antennas out there, especially for two meters. The stock antenna =
>> works
>>>> fine on 440, but the antenna from my Kenwood THF6 blows it away on 2
>>>> meters.
>>>> =20
>>>> While at the Milton, Florida ham fest last July, I bought the SMA
>>>> equivalent of the PL258 barrel connector.
>>>> =20
>>>> 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.
>>>> =20
>>>> I tried it with the antenna from my Kenwood THF6, and was very
>>>> surprised at the difference it made on 2 meters.
>>>> =20
>>>> 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.
>>>> =20
>>>> 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.
>>>> =20
>>>> I bought both connectors from Cedar City Sales, of Lebanon, TN. I
>>>> think they were $5 each.
>>>> =20
>>>> Mike Duke, K5XU
>>>> American Council of Blind Radio Amateurs=20
>>