Good source in Europe for N/SMA/BNC adapters... - Page 1
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author: davorin
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: October 16, 2015, 05:25:49 pm
content: Evenin'Can someone recommend a good (and not too expensive for a hobbiyst) source for different kind of Adapters, cables...Like N-male to SMA-female, N-male to BNC-female and so on....Preferrably in Germany and accepts Paypal (o;

author: awallin
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: October 17, 2015, 06:57:50 am
content: try TME for simple cables, connectors, adapters, etc. In some cases a lot cheaper than Farnell, but delivery times are quite variable.http://www.tme.eu/

author: nctnico
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 18, 2015, 02:06:50 pm
content: I'd buy these from Ebay if you are not in a hurry and price is a concern.

author: davorin
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: October 18, 2015, 02:09:06 pm
content: Well..what could go wrong with them..or better said....how much can be f**ked up in thsoe few millimeters that a Hobbyist can hurt (o;

author: nctnico
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 18, 2015, 02:18:34 pm
content: I don't see the problem. I have lots of adapters and cables from Ebay / China. I have a stock of RG316 cables with BNC and SMA. RG316 is easy to work with and good to 1GHz; I cut these cables up regulary to avoid having to put a BNC or SMA connector on a cable. Over 1 GHz you'll need something better like RG223 but even those cables are relatively cheap on Ebay (but not so cheap that I like to cut these up).

author: KJDS
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 18, 2015, 02:36:40 pm
content: Gigatronix are good for cables, I've not used their adapters but plenty available.http://www.gigatronix.co.uk/default.php?_minc=con_series_srch&_lang=&rel_dir=series_srch&gpdb_series_id=154

author: G0HZU
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 18, 2015, 03:49:08 pm
content: Quote from: davorin on October 16, 2015, 05:25:49 pmI built up my stash of these over many years by visiting radio rallies. Often the stall vendors will have recently bought gov/mil surplus rack based RF gear and they strip out the cables and adaptors and sell them individually.This way you can buy old (but hardly used in terms of mating cycles) top quality cables and adaptors made by Suhner or similar.I've also bought stuff like this on ebay but there is a risk that what arrives won't be genuine. But it's usually very easy to identify genuine connectors once you get them in your hands. The build quality and materials are a class apart from the chinese/fake stuff. So far I've had good results from ebay with only a few duffers.My advice would be to avoid unbranded gear unless you are doing very basic stuff at home. eg if you are less concerned with reliability and measurement uncertainty up at high frequencies and your test gear doesn't have precision connectors that would otherwise need protecting from damage from cheapo connectors.

author: davorin
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: October 18, 2015, 03:56:01 pm
content: As I mentioned....I'm not keen to specific brands...although I've had bad experience with low-cost chinese 500MHz scope probes (o;If someone can recommend an Ebay reseller here in Europe he had good experience with, I'm more than happy (for now ;o)

author: DG5SAY
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: October 18, 2015, 04:51:20 pm
content: Quote from: davorin on October 16, 2015, 05:25:49 pmI can recommend:http://www.kabel-kusch.de/Adapter/adapter.htmI can not recommend:http://www.reichelt.de/BNC-PL-Adapter/2/index.html?&ACTION=2&LA=2&GROUPID=3196, because I have received too much scrap from them.

author: davorin
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: October 18, 2015, 04:58:45 pm
content: Wow..that's a nice websitewww.kabel-kusch.de.....Puts me way back in time when I was working at CompuServer and installed Netscape Server ;-)