[TowerTalk] Loss in Connectors

[Mike]

I measured some swept type SMA right angles that I was using for a project
last year using an HP network analyzer. They were only 0.15dB loss at 15
GHz.
(yes count em - Gigahertz).

73 de Mike, W4EF..............

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From: <K7LXC@aol.com>
To: <W8JI@contesting.com>; <towertalk@contesting.com>; <tleaf@hotmail.com>
Sent: Monday, January 21, 2002 9:09 AM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Loss in Connectors


>
> 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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