<div dir="ltr">You probably could make them, but they're ~$9/each in qty 1 from Newark so probably not worth the effort.<div><br></div><div><a href="https://www.newark.com/amphenol-rf/83-765-ug-177-u/hood-uhf-coaxial-connector/dp/39F038">https://www.newark.com/amphenol-rf/83-765-ug-177-u/hood-uhf-coaxial-connector/dp/39F038</a><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Jan 5, 2021 at 7:08 PM Alex Fraser <<a href="mailto:beatnic50@gmail.com">beatnic50@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<p><font face="Comic Sans MS">Ha, I found one in my junk box and it
had a number on it! I found a match for "UHF hood". Damn, they
ain't cheap! I wonder if I can make them out of old .308 brass?</font><br>
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<p><img src="cid:176d706ac55c539b15c1" alt="" width="250" height="250"><font face="Comic Sans MS">The pic is from Arcade
Electronics and they have a note that they aren't available.</font><br>
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<div>On 1/5/2021 6:23 PM, Alex Fraser wrote:<br>
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<p><font size="+1" face="Arial">I have seen an adapter for an
SO-239 that allows you to connect a regular 4 bolt panel jack
(SO-239) to the end of a bit of coax. It is like a cone shaped
hood with the top shaped so you can solder the braid to it and
the wide part of the cone flares out so you can use screws to
attach the jack. IIRC it had a small hole in the side to
solder the center connector. It was a stamping.<br>
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<p><font size="+1" face="Arial">So what is it called and where do
you get them? </font><br>
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