[TowerTalk] PL-259's at VHF

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Reid, there is pretty good data on insertion loss out there that shows,
at 450, .09 db per PL vs 0 per N, and at 150, .01 per PL vs 0 per N.
---Your choice!
A good plan is to avoid changing out what's on the rig and using adapters
- both tend to work out badly.  Best approach is to have the appropriate
conn. on the coax, whichever your chose. 
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On Fri, 24 Jul 1998 09:18:57 -0500 "MAERTZ, ALLISON R" <amaertz@oppd.com>
writes:
>
>Greetings:
>
>I hope this is the right reflector for this question.  
>
>I am installing a VHF/UHF system with a Kenwood TR-7850 and two M^2
>yagis.  Feedlines are 65 feet of 9913 with 9913 F jumpers at the 
>rotator
>to allow rotation/elevation.  Of course I'll use 'N' connectors for 
>the
>UHF connections except at the rig where Kenwood has an SO-239 (this
>creates five N connections plus the PL-259/SO-239 at the rig for a 
>total
>of six connections).  On the VHF side, I have the same number of
>connections, but...
>	
>	My questions:	
>
>	a.  Is the total signal loss at 144 mhz through the standard
>PL-259's significant with those six connections,
>suggesting that I should use N connectors on my feed at 144 mhz as 
>well
>as at 436 mhz? 
>	
>	(I've come across two schools of thought here relative to 
>using
>standard PL-259's at 144 mhz, as well as varying numbers on 	the 
>db
>loss at these connectors at this frequency.) 
>
>	b.  Should the connection at the rig be modified at VHF or UHF
>with a female N connector or an N->PL-259 connector in 	order 
>to minimze
>loss or is it insignificant there?  (I believe Yaesu has 'N' 
>connectors
>on their rig)
>
>73, Reid--W0FVR
>
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