So is a PL259 which is the common HF Coax connector the Mail or Female?
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From: "Buddy Brannan" <[log in to unmask]>
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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
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> 
> 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?
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>> 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
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>>> 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
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>>> On Jan 15, 2011, at 11:24 AM, Lou Kolb wrote:
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>>>> mike,
>>>> =3D20
>>>> i'd like a clarification, please.  How can you use the dual-female=20=
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>>>> SMA=3D20=3D
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>>>> adaptor with the TH-F6 antenna when it has a female connector on it =
> or =3D
>>> am I=3D20
>>>> just missing something?  73,  Lou
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>>>> 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
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