Hello:

Dumb question, I know, but just can't find a good pix and callout on the
web. Some of the ones I did find don't even agree.

For a length of coax with a connector on each end:

The Male UHF is PL-259 let's say.

But on the other end, for a Female of the same connector type/series, is it
called a:

PL-258 ?
or just a PL259 Female ?
or... ?

What's the correct designation for the Female ?

Know any good links showing the correct designation and a pix of ?

Thanks,
B.

Robert11 wrote:
But on the other end, for a Female of the same connector type/series, is it
called a:

PL-258 ?
or just a PL259 Female ?
or... ?

What's the correct designation for the Female ?

Uhhh Robert, a female is a socket, not a plug. :-)
If I remember right, the mating socket is an SO-239.
--
73, Cecil http://www.qsl.net/w5dxp

On Fri, 10 Feb 2006 16:09:28 -0500, "Robert11"
wrote:

Hello:

Dumb question, I know, but just can't find a good pix and callout on the
web. Some of the ones I did find don't even agree.

For a length of coax with a connector on each end:

The Male UHF is PL-259 let's say.

But on the other end, for a Female of the same connector type/series, is it
called a:

PL-258 ?
or just a PL259 Female ?
or... ?

What's the correct designation for the Female ?


IIRC, PL-259 was a part number specific to a (so called) UHF male
connector (plug) for RG8 size coax and with a particular braid anchor
scheme. More recently, the term seems to be used to describe any UHF
male connector for any sized cable.

S0-239 was the part number for a specific panel mounting UHF female
connector (socket) with a solder pin for centre conductor connection.
Again, the term seems commonly adapted to any female UHF connector.

Perhaps the better generic terms are UHF Male and UHF Female, but it
seems people like the more technical sounding PL-259 etc. When we talk
of BNC series connectors or N type connectors, we don't usually use a
specific part number as the designator for the whole series... but
that seems the common practice for UHF connectors.

Owen

--

most of the time you just put pl-259's on both ends since you are going to
plug into a device that has an so-239 socket on it. if you need an
extension cable you mate two pl-259's with a barrel connector, sometimes
known as a pl-258.

"Robert11" wrote in message
...
Hello:

Dumb question, I know, but just can't find a good pix and callout on the
web. Some of the ones I did find don't even agree.

For a length of coax with a connector on each end:

The Male UHF is PL-259 let's say.

But on the other end, for a Female of the same connector type/series, is
it called a:

PL-258 ?
or just a PL259 Female ?
or... ?

What's the correct designation for the Female ?

Know any good links showing the correct designation and a pix of ?

Thanks,
B.

In rec.radio.amateur.antenna, you wrote:

Dumb question, I know, but just can't find a good pix and callout on
the web. Some of the ones I did find don't even agree.
For a length of coax with a connector on each end:
The Male UHF is PL-259 let's say.
But on the other end, for a Female of the same connector type/series,
is it called a:

PL-258 ?
or just a PL259 Female ?
or... ?

What's the correct designation for the Female ?

Your gonna love this.

It's an SO-239.

Of course, there's the chassis mount, the cable attach, the
female-to-female feed-through, and more varieties.

Standards ARE GREAT!
And, there are sooooo many to choose from!

Anyway, it's "SO" for SOcket, and "PL" for PLug.
The PL-255 is the ol' venerable 1/4", mono audio plug.

Jonesy W3DHJ
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"Allodoxaphobia" wrote in message
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In rec.radio.amateur.antenna, you wrote:

Dumb question, I know, but just can't find a good pix and callout on
the web. Some of the ones I did find don't even agree.
For a length of coax with a connector on each end:
The Male UHF is PL-259 let's say.
But on the other end, for a Female of the same connector type/series,
is it called a:

PL-258 ?
or just a PL259 Female ?
or... ?

What's the correct designation for the Female ?

Your gonna love this.

It's an SO-239.

Of course, there's the chassis mount, the cable attach, the
female-to-female feed-through, and more varieties.

Standards ARE GREAT!
And, there are sooooo many to choose from!

Anyway, it's "SO" for SOcket, and "PL" for PLug.
The PL-255 is the ol' venerable 1/4", mono audio plug.

the PL-258 is really two SO-239's back to back... go figger!

How about "17-26B-TGN from RFDigital.com"? UHF cable-mount females are
relatively rare, but can be found. Probably best to call them by a
descriptive name, such as "UHF-series male connector for RG-213-size
cable" for the plug -- or substitute "plug" for "male connector" -- and
"female connector" or "socket" if that's what you want. If you really
want to be specific, use a vendor's part numbers (as in the first line
above), or numbers from some other standard you can mention along with
the number.

But for casual conversation,
"A 30 meter length of RG-213 with a UHF plug on one end and a UHF
socket on the other." If someone told me they had a cable with a UHF
connector on each end, I'd assume they were both plugs.

Owen Duffy wrote:

Perhaps the better generic terms are UHF Male and UHF Female, but it
seems people like the more technical sounding PL-259 etc.

Or is it that they actively DISlike using the name "UHF"?


--
73 from Ian GM3SEK 'In Practice' columnist for RadCom (RSGB)
http://www.ifwtech.co.uk/g3sek

On Sat, 11 Feb 2006 08:35:59 +0000, Ian White GM3SEK
wrote:

Owen Duffy wrote:

Perhaps the better generic terms are UHF Male and UHF Female, but it
seems people like the more technical sounding PL-259 etc.

Or is it that they actively DISlike using the name "UHF"?

Ian,

Possibly. I assume that you are hinting at its performance from an
impedance discontinuity point of view... however IMHO the greatest
disadvantage of UHF connectors is also apparent at HF. UHF connectors
depend on proper alignment of the vee points and notches and the
coupling ring being very tight to provide ongoing reliable connection
that doesn't degrade with vibration.

"UHF" is a bit of a misnomer I agree, but it has market acceptance in
one of the largest market places, and that is the generic term for the
things.

On another note, I was a little surprised to see the mobile phone
manufacturers use the mini-UHF connector which inherited all the
faults of the UHF connectors earth / coupling ring arrangement.
Probably cheaper and a bit smaller than the TNC connector that they
appeared to have standardised upon at the time. Then Nokia needed to
invent a proprietary connector, all when SMA would have worked fine.

Owen
--

In article ,
Owen Duffy wrote:

"UHF" is a bit of a misnomer I agree, but it has market acceptance in
one of the largest market places, and that is the generic term for the
things.

As I have heard it, this is a case of TLA (three-letter acronym)
collision. The full term for these connectors started out "Universal
High Frequency" (UHF) and did not imply that they were used, or good
for, "Ultra-High Frequency" operation.

--
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