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  • If You Can Get To BNC, You Can Get To Anything

    That’s what Mad Phil taught me, back in the day, and it’s still true:

    15 W Dummy Load - Stacked Adapters
    15 W Dummy Load – Stacked Adapters

    From the top:

    • 15 W dummy load with N female
    • N male to BNC female
    • BNC male to UHF female
    • UHF male to UHF male
    • UHF female on homebrew antenna mount

    Obviously, I don’t have enough adapters: I need one with N male to UHF male.

    I actually spent money to get from the reverse-polarity SMA connector on the Wouxun radios directly to UHF female, matching the cable to the antenna mount in one step.

    Sometimes an unsteady ziggurat of adapters isn’t appropriate.