Re: Topband: Coax issues

["Tom W8JI" <w8ji@w8ji.com>]

> The double female was fine, it was either in the 259 or right after,
> close enough that the connector smelled. No idea where it was made, I
> have a lot of parts from my hayday 30 years ago & back then it was
> pretty much all from here. Some are marked Amphenol, some unmarked.
If you open a connection in a system and apply even a modest amount of 
power, the voltage can be tens of kilovolts.
Damage like you report is not at all uncommon when the load is open. 

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