[TowerTalk] COAX connector heat

[aa6eg@bob.tmx.com]

On Sat, 31 Mar 2001, Tom Osborne wrote:

> 
>  
> Isn't a lot of heat just wasted energy?  I can't see trying to
> squeeze every last db out of an antenna then lose a bunch of
> energy in a coax connector.  
> Tom W7WHY

Hello, Tom,

I think that when we are talking Kilowatts to the coax, a lot of heat may
not really be many watts, and certainly losses in the order of fractions
of a single db at KW levels can cause a perception of a 'lot of heat'

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