[TowerTalk] Coax Switch Isolation

[Pete Smith]

At 08:35 PM 6/14/00 -0700, don tyrrell wrote:
>
>Hi,
>I noted that someone measured one of our coax switches with a 26.5 dB
>isolation. ... They say the most common reasons for comparative test
>errors in non lab environments are: A. Improper use of, or faulty jumper
>cable/connector assemblies. B. Improper or faulty test loads. These must be
>exactly R50 plus J ZERO loads. 

Should I infer from this that with "normal amateur loads" ranging from, say
35 to 75 ohms, */- J something, the isolation of this (and probably any)
switch is seriously compromised? 

73, Pete Smith N4ZR
n4zr@contesting.com 



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