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Re: [TowerTalk] How lossy are PL-259s at HF?

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Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] How lossy are PL-259s at HF?
From: <john@kk9a.com>
Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2024 18:23:43 -0400
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There are a lot of old wives tails about UHF connectors.  As many have
stated the loss introduced by the splices on HF is negligible. If they were
as lossy on HF as I have read on the interweb, than my connectors would be
pretty warm after a RTTY contest. For splicing cables I would worry more
about the quality of the PL-259s and the quality of the barrel plus the
weatherproofing.

John KK9A

Pete Smith N4ZR wrote:

Just wondering because I am having to redo the feedline from my shack to 
my tower (about 160 feet), and can avoid buying new coax by using 
several pieces with PL-259s in between.

-- 
73, Pete N4ZR


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