You are all addressing temporary fixes to a poor design issue that by now should have been addressed and corrected. I have had communication service monitors and spectrum analyzers in use for over 30 years and they use in most all instances the time proven indestructible N Female connector. I have never had an N connector catastrophic failure and only having replaced one due to stupidity. These small brass SMA’s are just about as worthless as the mini USB’s being push upon the industry. If I can’t take a piece of test equipment out into the field for fear of some delicate connection being problematic the device as far as I’m concerned is useless. I like my Signal Hound and fabricated an inexpensive solution without jeopardizing any warranty that enabled me the use of my beloved N type connections. The SA is currently in the field but I will have photographs of the fix took upon it’s return. I hope it comes home in one piece.
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