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πŸ”Œ Eightwood 10 Pack SMA Male Crimp RF Connector with Gold-Plating for RG316 and RG174 Cable Review

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Description of πŸ”Œ Eightwood 10 Pack SMA Male Crimp RF Connector with Gold-Plating for RG316 and RG174 Cable

SMA male connectors (inside threads with male inner pin); Termination: cable-crimp; Impedance: 50 ohms. Connectors made from gold-plated brass for mechanical durability and secure signal connection. Compatible with coax cable RG-174, RG-316, RG-188, RG-188A, LMR-100. Great to build cable assemblies for 50ohm RF applications including 4G LTE antennas, routers, WiFi antenna systems, VHF/UHF ham radio antennas,etc. Package includes: 10pcs SMA male crimp RG316 connectors.

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Revainrating 2 out of 5

RG316 gets stuck halfway

The cable took hours to make; The RG361 inner jacket will get stuck in the connector and won't fully insert even with great force. The result was a pile of junk. Garbage.

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  • Accessories and supplies
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  • Can't remember

Revainrating 4 out of 5

Good connector, pin difficult to insert into RG316 core (but works)

These are good connectors but the hole on the back of the center pin for soldering to the coax core is also quite small for the Eightwood RG316 coaxial cable. It fits well and you can get it working, but it's nowhere near as smooth as the Eightwood SMA jacks.

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  • Connector and adapter
Cons
  • No instructions

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Store the cable in the Accessories and Supplies section

I am using an RG-174 lead with my UHF/VHF HT ham radio for the magnetic roof antenna in my car. These cables are not designed to withstand the constant flexing and strain that is inevitable with such use. As a result, the original cable was unplugged after a few months. What am I doing? Buy a new cable cheaper. It's more fun to fix what's broken. After messing up one on the learning curve, I activated the second correctly and it worked great. Now I have enough connections for 8 more breaks. I…

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  • Electronics
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  • Crumpled packaging