About Me
Hello! I’m Yariv. I stumbled into radio connectors the way most people stumble into their garage at 2 AM looking for a screwdriver - completely by accident, and with no idea it would become such a big part of my life.
My daughter's two years old now, and between chasing her around the living room and convincing our dog that the couch isn't a chew toy, I run this website. Weird combination, right? But here's the thing: radio cables and connectors are fascinating once you get past the technical jargon that makes most people's eyes glaze over like donuts.
I started tinkering with radio equipment back in college. My roommate had this beat-up ham radio setup, and I got hooked trying to figure out why half the connections kept cutting out. Turns out, most problems in radio communication boil down to one thing: crappy connectors. Who knew that a tiny piece of metal could make or break an entire system?
Fast forward a bunch of years, and I'm here writing about BNC connectors and coaxial cables like they're characters in a sitcom. My wife thinks I'm nuts. She's probably right.
This website exists because radio communication students deserve better than the dry-as-dust textbooks they're forced to read. I remember sitting through lectures where professors would drone on about impedance matching, and half the class would be asleep within ten minutes. Radio tech doesn't have to be boring - it just needs someone willing to explain it without sounding like a robot wrote the manual.
I'm not here to sell you anything or pretend I've got all the answers. I mess up connector installations sometimes, my dog chewed through a cable I was testing last month (thanks, buddy), and I still occasionally mix up SMA and SMB connectors when I'm tired. The difference between this site and others? I'll actually admit when something's confusing or when the industry makes zero sense.
My approach is simple: explain things the way I'd explain them to my kid someday when she asks why daddy spends so much time staring at tiny metal things. Clear, honest, and hopefully entertaining enough that you don't fall asleep halfway through reading about RF connectors.
Radio communication has changed a lot since I started playing with it. The gear's better, the connectors are more reliable, and yet somehow the learning materials haven't kept up. Students still get handed the same boring documentation from the 90s, and then wonder why they can't stay awake in class.
So yeah, that's why I'm doing this. Between diaper changes and training a dog who thinks every cable is a toy, I write about the stuff that actually matters when you're trying to build a career in radio communications. Welcome to the site, grab a coffee, and let's talk about connectors without putting you to sleep.