On Sat, 9 Feb 2008 10:11:41 +0000, tony sayer
wrote:

In article , Don Pearce
scribeth thus
On Sat, 9 Feb 2008 09:35:03 +0000, tony sayer
wrote:

In article , Unsteady Ken
scribeth thus
Dave Plowman (News) wrote:

It's an external mount folded dipole type with F-type connector on the
aerial. Complete with wall mounting and 10m cable.

Why on earth did they decide on the F-type connector for DAB aerials, it
is a total pain to connect and is a matter of trial and error to get a
good connection why didn't they go for BNC?

Ken

BNC is a right pain to put on outside in the cold with frozen fingers.

F isn't that bad..

Why did they need to use connectors anyway when screw terminals have
done for years?..

Not at 2GHz, they haven't.

d

Don this was a DABble aerial circa 226 MHz!...

Ah - didn't read the thread. I thought it was a sat feed. Bit of wet
string will do for DAB - or it would if they just wound up the wick on
the transmitters a bit.

d

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