[TowerTalk] PL259 Insertion Loss?

[Mike Ryan]

Thanks Roger...some reality was needed in this thread.  -Mike

-----Original Message----- 
From: K8RI
Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2012 4:15 PM
To: towertalk at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] PL259 Insertion Loss?

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)

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