[TowerTalk] Coax Question

[Jim Brown]

On Tue, 13 Apr 2010 12:36:35 +0100, Steve Hunt wrote:

>When you are doing the coax loss calculations, don't just assume a 
>matched load. I don't know what antennas you will have at the end of the 
>run, but is it possible they might have a VSWR of 1.5:1 or even 2:1 at 
>the band edges? That would increase the loss over the matched loss.

The additional loss due to a 2:1 mismatch is almost negligible (a few tenths 
of a dB). 

73,

Jim K9YC