on 3/2/00 12:09 AM, Michael Tope at W4EF@pacbell.net wrote:
> In short, it would appear that although a properly installed and matched
> series N
> connector should be capable of handling 1500 W plus at HF, its internal
> features
> are very small and sometimes delicate. The UHF connector despite its low cost,
> would appear to be a better choice at HF where connector VSWR and insertion
> loss
> are not significant.
Oh yeah. Don't need N's on HF at all! You really don't even need them
until you get up to at least 144 MHz and even then, you are still fine. 220
MHz and UHF operations are certainly better with N's, but even still you can
get by with PL-259s there.
73,
Jon
KE9NA
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Jon Ogden
KE9NA
Member: ARRL, AMSAT, DXCC, NRA
http://www.qsl.net/ke9na
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