Even if we pin you down
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Buddy Brannan" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2011 9:48 AM
Subject: Re: Observation about the Stock Wouxun Antenna


> The PL-259 is male (it has a pin and threads on the inside). The SO-239 =
> is female (had a hole and threads on the outside). I really won't say =
> anything about pins and holes and genders, really.=20
> --
> Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA
> Phone: (814) 860-3194 or 888-75-BUDDY
> 
> 
> 
> On Jan 18, 2011, at 7:31 AM, Gerry Leary wrote:
> 
>> So is a PL259 which is the common HF Coax connector the Mail or =
> Female?
>> ----- Original Message -----=20
>> 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
>>=20
>>=20
>>> No. Threads on the outside is female. Threads on the inside is male. =
> (I =3D
>>> just got this bit of wisdom from a web site that makes up cables and =
> =3D
>>> things.)
>>> --
>>> Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA
>>> Phone: (814) 860-3194 or 888-75-BUDDY
>>>=20
>>>=20
>>>=20
>>> On Jan 17, 2011, at 7:13 AM, Gerry Leary wrote:
>>>=20
>>>> on my THF6A the connector on the radio has the threads on the =
> outside =3D
>>> of it.=3D20
>>>> Doesn't that make it the mail?
>>>> ----- Original Message -----=3D20
>>>> 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
>>>> =3D20
>>>> =3D20
>>>>> You're missing something. The TH-F6A antenna has a male (the radio =
> =3D
>>> has =3D3D
>>>>> the female).=3D3D20
>>>>> --
>>>>> Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA
>>>>> Phone: (814) 860-3194 or 888-75-BUDDY
>>>>> =3D20
>>>>> =3D20
>>>>> =3D20
>>>>> On Jan 15, 2011, at 11:24 AM, Lou Kolb wrote:
>>>>> =3D20
>>>>>> mike,
>>>>>> =3D3D20
>>>>>> i'd like a clarification, please.  How can you use the =
> dual-female=3D20=3D
>>>=20
>>>>>> SMA=3D3D20=3D3D
>>>>> =3D20
>>>>>> adaptor with the TH-F6 antenna when it has a female connector on =
> it =3D
>>> or =3D3D
>>>>> am I=3D3D20
>>>>>> just missing something?  73,  Lou
>>>>>> ----- Original Message -----=3D3D20
>>>>>> 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
>>>>>> =3D3D20
>>>>>> =3D3D20
>>>>>>> By way of observation, I do think there are better performing HT
>>>>>>> antennas out there, especially for two meters. The stock antenna =
> =3D3D
>>>>> works
>>>>>>> fine on 440, but the antenna from my Kenwood THF6 blows it away =
> on =3D
>>> 2
>>>>>>> meters.
>>>>>>> =3D3D20
>>>>>>> While at the Milton, Florida ham fest last July, I bought the SMA
>>>>>>> equivalent of the PL258 barrel connector.
>>>>>>> =3D3D20
>>>>>>> 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 =
> =3D
>>> of
>>>>>>> an antenna, and leave it there. Otherwise, you will be constantly
>>>>>>> chasing it around until it gets itself lost.
>>>>>>> =3D3D20
>>>>>>> I tried it with the antenna from my Kenwood THF6, and was very
>>>>>>> surprised at the difference it made on 2 meters.
>>>>>>> =3D3D20
>>>>>>> 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 =
> =3D
>>> my
>>>>>>> primary antenna because of the length.
>>>>>>> =3D3D20
>>>>>>> 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 =3D
>>> to
>>>>>>> SMA male connector, and you will have lots of antenna options.
>>>>>>> =3D3D20
>>>>>>> I bought both connectors from Cedar City Sales, of Lebanon, TN. I
>>>>>>> think they were $5 each.
>>>>>>> =3D3D20
>>>>>>> Mike Duke, K5XU
>>>>>>> American Council of Blind Radio Amateurs=3D3D20
>>>>> =3D20
>>>=20
>