• RF parts manufacturers

    From Cursitor Doom@21:1/5 to All on Sun May 4 18:39:14 2025
    Gentlemen,

    I'm going to splash out on some new RF connectors and patch leads. A
    lot of those are rated at good to 11Ghz for some reason and that's
    plenty for me. Question is, who's making decent stuff currently? I
    used to be an Amphenol fan, but they've transferred a lot of their
    production to China with all the negative connotations that carries (justifiably or not). That's helped them keep prices down I guess, but
    hasn't done their rep any favours. So: who's still making high quality
    RF connectors and patch cables in the West these days? Let's not
    bother with Rosenberger or Suhner as they're prohibitively expensive
    as a rule.

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  • From Jeroen Belleman@21:1/5 to Cursitor Doom on Sun May 4 20:35:11 2025
    On 5/4/25 19:39, Cursitor Doom wrote:
    Gentlemen,

    I'm going to splash out on some new RF connectors and patch leads. A
    lot of those are rated at good to 11Ghz for some reason and that's
    plenty for me. Question is, who's making decent stuff currently? I
    used to be an Amphenol fan, but they've transferred a lot of their
    production to China with all the negative connotations that carries (justifiably or not). That's helped them keep prices down I guess, but
    hasn't done their rep any favours. So: who's still making high quality
    RF connectors and patch cables in the West these days? Let's not
    bother with Rosenberger or Suhner as they're prohibitively expensive
    as a rule.

    Since I worked in Switzerland, Huber + Suhner were always my first
    choice, but that has changed.

    I found, to my surprise, JYEBAO both better and cheaper than Huber +
    Suhner. For example, their matched sets of cables were better matched
    than those of H+S, and of better construction too.

    They even fulfilled a crazy request of mine, cables with 75 Ohm C
    connectors at one end. No one makes 75 Ohm C connectors anymore, but
    they delivered.

    I have no interests in JYEBAO, but them fulfilling this crazy request
    earns them a thumbs-up on my part.

    They're in Taiwan.

    Jeroen Belleman

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