• Coelacanthus@lemmy.kde.social
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    8 months ago

    PL259 has non-constant impedance, which is the main reason I don’t like it.
    N type is a near perfect connector except huge size, which has constant impedance, supports frequency up to 11GHz, is waterproof and can be used with high power.
    SMA is similar to N type but has smaller size and lower power.
    U.FL will be the only choice if you only have very tiny space. (The situation never happened in ham radio)

  • Gustephan@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    SMA or bust. The other three connector types introduce a lot of noise compared to SMA in my experience. BNC is my goto if I want a noise profile similar to SMA but the device I’m working with isn’t vibration damped.