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Appreciate the thoughtful comments my question; especially the J-pole and surge protected power strip with F connectors. Thanks again.
Technical Problem with RG8X Coaxial Cable Connector Pins.
I am finishing up my home ham radio station and trying to install a lightning surge protector between the J-pole antenna feed and the line going to a window pass through to the transceiver.
When attempting to install the surge protector, I noticed that the cable center connectors were splitting apart the small copper host in the protector due to the connector angle (sloped) in the cables. So, I used a file, sand paper, and polishing cloth to flatten the center connector to help mating with the surge protector copper host. Unfortunately, with this action I have lost signal connectivity.
I was using a HT radio to check signal connectivity with the coaxial cables and J-pole before undertaking the connector modification. Local NWS weather signal was received load and clear. Now, I do not receive this same signal with / without the lightning surge protector. In the latter case, I used a simple Female-Female connector to receive the two cable connectors.
So, my questions are why cannot the cable center connector geometry be adjusted to “mate” with the lighting surge protector in the manner used? How can the signal transmission problem in the cable connectors be corrected?
Note that no other changes have been made to the radio configuration, so the issue resides with the connectors. HT radio functionality has been checked by directly connecting to the J-pole too.
Thank you,
John Wagner, KN4OMB