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

In article ,
Unsteady Ken wrote:
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?

when BNC connectors first appeared we thought the abbreviation stood for
B***** Nasty Connector. Unless you can find crimp ones, and they have to
be the correct ones for the cable size, they re very difficult to assemble
correctly - and the cost quite a bit more, too.

Ken

--
From KT24 - in "Leafy Surrey"

Using a RISC OS computer running v5.11

In article ,
charles wrote:
when BNC connectors first appeared we thought the abbreviation stood for
B***** Nasty Connector. Unless you can find crimp ones, and they have
to be the correct ones for the cable size, they re very difficult to
assemble correctly - and the cost quite a bit more, too.

There are crimp less types - if they're still made. With a universal cord
grip. Think there are also screw on types these days too.

--
*Why isn't there a special name for the back of your knee?

Dave Plowman London SW
To e-mail, change noise into sound.

"Paul Martin" wrote in message


[snip]

: : Ah yes! Screw-on BNCs. The joys of thin ethernet.
: :
: : "Why's the network died?" "Someone's kicked their
: : network cable."
: :
: : Such an exchange was ususally followed by a scramble
: : under the desks looking for the loose cable segment.
: :
: : The crimp-on BNCs weren't much better. Often the crimps
: : didn't last under rough handling. How we rejoiced when
: : we moved everything to 10BaseT.

Ah yes, I'd forgotten thin ethernet. Crimp-on's are fine if you use a good
quality tool, same with RJ45's. What I *really* want to know though is
why the **** did our company IT dept only buy yellow patch cables..? How
am I supposed to decide which cable in the spider's web under my desk is
the printer..?!

Ivor

: :
: : --
: : Paul Martin

In article ,
Paul Martin wrote:
The crimp-on BNCs weren't much better. Often the crimps didn't last
under rough handling. How we rejoiced when we moved everything to
10BaseT.

And that can stand rough handling? ;-)

--
*A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second.

Dave Plowman London SW
To e-mail, change noise into sound.

In article ,
Unsteady Ken 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?

You jest? Fitting a screw on F-type couldn't be simpler. BNCs require the
correct crimping tool. They're also several times the price.

--
*If a turtle doesn't have a shell, is he homeless or naked?

Dave Plowman London SW
To e-mail, change noise into sound.

"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote in message
...
In article ,
Unsteady Ken wrote:

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?

My ( now discarded) DAB tuner had BNC.

You jest? Fitting a screw on F-type couldn't be simpler. BNCs require
the
correct crimping tool. They're also several times the price.

Show me some F connectors at a fraction of 16 pence please. :-) The
only place I find cheap F connectors is on the road after a Sky van has
paid a visit.

eg.
http://www.connectorco.co.uk/catalogue/bnc.htm BNCs from 16 pence.
http://www.connectorco.co.uk/catalogue/coaxial.htm F plugs from 59
pence.
--
Malcolm

In article ,
Malcolm Knight wrote:
Show me some F connectors at a fraction of 16 pence please. :-) The
only place I find cheap F connectors is on the road after a Sky van has
paid a visit.

eg.
http://www.connectorco.co.uk/catalogue/bnc.htm BNCs from 16 pence.
http://www.connectorco.co.uk/catalogue/coaxial.htm F plugs from 59
pence.

Strange pricing - way out of line with everyone else.
I paid 14p for screw on F-types in bulk from Rapid. 9p by the thousand.
44p for BNCs.

Have you actually bought them at that price?

--
*Nostalgia isn't what is used to be.

Dave Plowman London SW
To e-mail, change noise into sound.

"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote in message
...
In article ,
Malcolm Knight wrote:
Show me some F connectors at a fraction of 16 pence please. :-) The
only place I find cheap F connectors is on the road after a Sky van has
paid a visit.

eg.
http://www.connectorco.co.uk/catalogue/bnc.htm BNCs from 16 pence.
http://www.connectorco.co.uk/catalogue/coaxial.htm F plugs from 59
pence.

Strange pricing - way out of line with everyone else.
I paid 14p for screw on F-types in bulk from Rapid. 9p by the thousand.
44p for BNCs.

Antiference 'f' screw ons are 8p each. I can get various cheaper ones for 4p
but they aren't very good. Some firms like Grax sell quite decent ones at
6p.

Bill

"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote in message
...
In article ,
Malcolm Knight wrote:
Show me some F connectors at a fraction of 16 pence please. :-) The
only place I find cheap F connectors is on the road after a Sky van
has
paid a visit.

eg.
http://www.connectorco.co.uk/catalogue/bnc.htm BNCs from 16 pence.
http://www.connectorco.co.uk/catalogue/coaxial.htm F plugs from 59
pence.

Strange pricing - way out of line with everyone else.
I paid 14p for screw on F-types in bulk from Rapid. 9p by the
thousand.
44p for BNCs.

Have you actually bought them at that price?

BNCs; yes, many hundreds, if not a thousand or so but not Fs. And only
with something else to spread the carriage costs. The company will take
phone orders as well as on-line and has never failed to provide next day
delivery. On the phone they will sometimes adjust the carriage cost to
suit small packages, depends who answers I think.

The cheap BNCs are sometimes bundled with boots too. The 16p ones are
better quality than Maplin's at nearly ten times the price, the only
problem I have found is that about one in 150 has a pin with too small a
hole bored in it. At that price just toss it away!

Their Neutrik phonos are very cheap too.
--
Malcolm