Jones plugs, or similar sorts of plugs

[Bob Bradlee]

On Sun, 24 May 2009 12:34:19 -0400, Dave McGuire wrote:

> They're one of the  worst connector designs I've ever seen.  

Show me a connetor design from the 30s that will take RG8 low loss coax
and handle several KWs of RF power without arcing and sparking.
You will not do it with a BNC.

PL259s are easy to terminate with a little practice and a good soldering gun!

>Twisting two pieces of wire together is a lot nicer than a PL259

To get closer to being on topic, try soldering 3 or 4 pieces of coax to a DB9 connector to use as a RGB 
video feed and look at it on an analyzer, it makes a PL259 look like a real clean option.

I agree the PL259 is overkill for 1v composit video, but they do have their uses.

The other Bob