If he runs a KW and is actually losing 1.6 db in the connectors, they're
going to get a bit warm!
I suspect it's more a measurement problem...
-----Original Message-----
From: TOMK5RC@aol.com <TOMK5RC@aol.com>
To: n4zr@contesting.com <n4zr@contesting.com>; towertalk@contesting.com
<towertalk@contesting.com>
To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
Date: Thursday, October 30, 1997 16:11
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] CATV Hardline
>In a message dated 97-10-30 06:23:05 EST, n4zr@contesting.com writes:
>
><< For whatever it's worth, my run of approximately 250 feet of 3/4" CATV
> hardline measures (with an Autek RF-1) to have 1.6 dB of loss at 28 MHz -
> not nearly so good as the Handbook table says it should be (about .36
> dB/100 fit). Of course, this includes 2 home-brew UHF connectors. I've
> checked for moisture infiltration, etc., but this is about what the
> installation measured right off the reel. I wonder if others have
> compared measurements of their actual installation with the Handbook table
> -- I'd sure like to recoup that elusive "'nother dB."
>
> 73, Pete Smith N4ZR
> n4zr@contesting.com
> >>
>How much of the loss can be attributed to the connectors?
>
>Tom, K5RC/7
>
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