Are there different male PL259 styles? Does it matter?

[WSJW650]

Looking at pictures of PL 259; some are more round, some are more pointy?

Does it matter; or do all mate with SO239 equally?

 

[amaff]

And some are at an angle.

It's the barrel of the connector that makes the difference, there's just different ways of securing the center conductor of the coax to that pin. If it's a PL-259 it'll work.

[WSJW650]

Thank you…much appreciated. 

[SteveShannon]

32 minutes ago, WSJW650 said:

Looking at pictures of PL 259; some are more round, some are more pointy?

Does it matter; or do all mate with SO239 equally?

 

However, there are differences in quality and impedance at various frequencies between various PL259 connectors. I would recommend staying with a good quality connector from a company that you trust rather than a generic connector from a no-name company on Amazon. 

[WSEZ864]

Amphenol comes to mind for good quality connectors.

[WRYS709]

Not to be confused with the N UHf connector

 

[SteveShannon]

2 minutes ago, WRYS709 said:

Not to be confused with the N UHf connector

 

Even though the N connector is more appropriate for UHF than the SO239/PL259 combination, the PL259 is commonly referred to as “UHF connector “ whereas the N connector is not. Even in the illustration you posted the N connectors are not referred to as UHF.