Yagi CONNECTION ADAPTeR

[Airrocket]

Got a Big Red Bee locator with yagi. Need some type of CB adapter to hook yagi up to my receiver cable.

 

[SteveF]

what are you trying to hook it up to? there are several common types of antenna/coax connections - you may need a bnc to sma or bnc to uhf (pl-259/so239) - your receiver and antenne docs should tell you the type of connector you need

 

[Airrocket]

Trying to hook-up a YAESU UHF FM transceiver FT-277R to an Arrow Antennas 7 element aluminum boom yagi. I think the cable I need is a female BNC connector at the receiver and a SMA male on the antenna.

The transceiver manual did not ID the connector and Arrow Antenna is down due to family health issues.

I need to find a quick source for the cable trying get my pile together for a road trip to NCR Oktoberfest launch this upcoming weekend.

Hoping a CB based web store can assist. But I am not a CB expert my only involvement is as a novice for rocket tracking.

Any CB or ham radio experts out there?

 

[Airrocket]

looks more like BNC male and SMA male fittings are what I need or cable with male on both ends.

 

[Airrocket]

The yagi fitting is a female deep socket fitting with two small prongs on the outside of the fitting looks like an auto light bulb end.

 

[Airrocket]

Think I found them. Only wide cost from $12 to another for $47??? Why such a cost spread is the $12 cable for ham site just as good as the $47 cable from DiGiKey?

 

[SteveF]

ok - i am pretty sure (99%) you need BNC female for the antenna end and SMA male on the radio side - there are one piece adaptors but that puts all the stress on the radio - cables like you found usually are easier to work with. As to why they differ in price - no good reason usually - especially for something common like this. A cb store might be able to help you - not sure

Also on those attached photos - the first one looks like BNC male and the second one looks like the female

 

[troj]

The cable like you pictured is definitely the way to go -- I have both a BNC-SMA adapter, and a cable that has SMA on one end, and the cable with SMA is a lot easier to deal with.

As for the price difference, I cannot explain it. I paid about $12 for mine several years ago.

-Kevin

 

[Zack Lau]

Digi-Key sells to companies which need the cable quickly--they are willing to pay extra to a vendor they deal with on a regular basis--as opposed to an unknown vendor who might take longer to ship.