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
>>>>
>
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