Re: Local source for coax & connectors?

On Sun, 18 Apr 2004, Jon King wrote:

> I'm lucky:
> I live in northern VA about 10 miles from ydi (www.ydi.com)
> they do 99% of their business through a loading dock but will accomodate
> walk in customers.

When Aerialix was here in metro Boston, we did the same thing. Not a huge
demand for pickup but enough so that it was convenient having the office in the
city. Now that office is closed, and I am no longer active in Aerialix, I
am thinking of doing a similar thing at my house. The problem is,
connectors and cable are not cheap in small quantities. Which wouldn't be
so bad, if there were just a few I'd need to carry. Instead, there's quite
an array. In the past, I thought that I could concentrate on MMCX and N
and would be okay. But now the SMC 2532w-b uses REVERSE MMCX connectors
which are more obscure, more expensive, and yet another connector to
carry.

Other than pigtails, it's not so bad -- the long runs are usually N
terminated. Also, I can sell to Hams and others who would need such
cables.

Anyone want to split a large order of connectors? I can get MMCX reaaaly
cheap, but the minimum order is 1000. I'd handle maybe 10% of that. Other
parts don't have such extreme price points but it still makes sense to
split up an order.

I already have a Daniels crimper (they're really nice) - but still would
need to get the dies.
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