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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