[TowerTalk] Loss in Connectors

[K7LXC@aol.com]

In a message dated 1/21/02 5:19:31 AM Pacific Standard Time, w8ji@akorn.net 
writes:

> Loss is the least of our worries with connectors, by far the real 
>  concerns are over-heating, voltage rating, and (if on VHF or higher) 
>  SWR. 

    To that list I would add "weatherproofing" - more connector problems are 
attributable to poor weatherproofing than any other failure mode. 

    The 0.2 dB is a figure I cited that the Andrew Company uses in their 
cable loss calculator program.

Cheers,
Steve     K7LXC
Tower Tech 

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