[TowerTalk] PL259 Insertion Loss?

[K8RI]

On 1/14/2012 12:32 PM, Jim W7RY wrote:
> That's hardly believable. How was it measured? a Bird wattmeter accuracy is
> only +- 5%.
Of "full scale"

Insertion loss below 30 or even 50 MHz for a PL259 can be pretty much 
ignored in most cases.
With SO2R (6-pack) remote antenna switches, grounding at top and bottom 
of tower most runs here have between 10 and 16 connectors between the 
amp and the actual antenna.

73

Roger (K8RI)