In a message dated 1/21/02 5:19:31 AM Pacific Standard Time, w8ji@akorn.net
writes:
> Loss is the least of our worries with connectors, by far the real
> concerns are over-heating, voltage rating, and (if on VHF or higher)
> SWR.
To that list I would add "weatherproofing" - more connector problems are
attributable to poor weatherproofing than any other failure mode.
The 0.2 dB is a figure I cited that the Andrew Company uses in their
cable loss calculator program.
Cheers,
Steve K7LXC
Tower Tech
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