->  TW> At those frequencies clamping is not a good Idea. Any distortion of the
->  TW> Ground Braid to Center conducter geometry will create signal
loss basicly.


-> So as long as the cable itself is not deformed in the process then, it sounds
-> like it may work. I have in mind here, brass tube, plastic, and epoxy in some
-> combination, with all attention to grounding of course.

Sounds like that is a good approach.

->  TW> The BNC even has some problems. I would lean toward the SMR fitting but

-> The SMA connector seems favoured by the industry, and was my first choice
-> simply because that is what they use on both my Belkin PCI card and SMC router
-> (and at least one brand of external antenna), but they have used reverse
-> polarity (variously listed as SMA-R and RP-SMA). This was impossible to find
-> locally, and no-one would commit to a time-frame for a special order. It does
-> seem to be the best choice, but I will save this refinement for a more polished
-> effort and settle for the 75 ohm connecor as the best compromise for the time
-> being.
                                    
Did you do a Google Search of the Internet for "SMA Connector"?
If your unit has a SMA you are lucky. There is a large varity of
Pripority fittings being used. And I suspect that some would be
Impossable to get.

-> To return to type mismatch and reflected signals, is the term
"reflected"
-> literal or does it describe some similar property? Is this reflection always
-> just back towards the transmitter, or away from any interface? Assuming that
-> two sets of connectors were exactly spaced, it would seem a resonance might be
-> induced in the cable at the broadcast frequency or a harmonic. Would the signal
-> then be re-enforced, overwhelmed with noise, or would the effect just damp out
-> due to other factors?

 It is Literal. It is a measure of signal(power) reflected back to the
Transmitter. There are some "Tricks" you can play with cable lengths but
one needs to study a good Antenna book to figure them out. Perhaps a
check of a Library. At the frequencies we are talking about it get's
very tricky and matching Cable, fitting, and Antenna feed point
impedence might be a better.


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