Towertalk
[Top] [All Lists]

Re: [TowerTalk] PL259 Insertion Loss?

To: towertalk@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] PL259 Insertion Loss?
From: Frederick Vobbe <fvobbe@wlio.com>
Reply-to: fvobbe@wlio.com
Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2012 12:48:31 -0500
List-post: <towertalk@contesting.com">mailto:towertalk@contesting.com>
On 1/16/2012 12:24 PM, Steve Hunt wrote:
> Fred,
>
> If you had 0.3dB loss in a connector I doubt you or the guy at the other
> end would hear the difference. But if you ran 1.5kW through it you'd
> probably smell the difference!
>
> 100w is a lot of power to dissipate in such a small volume!
>
> 73,
> Steve G3TXQ

Never even considered running anything greater than 500 watts through a 
PL259, to be honest with you.   I know they are rated for higher power, 
but I've never considered them as being the right connector for the 
application.

Fred/W8HDU


_______________________________________________



_______________________________________________
TowerTalk mailing list
TowerTalk@contesting.com
http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/towertalk

<Prev in Thread] Current Thread [Next in Thread>