[TowerTalk] PL259 Insertion Loss?

[Peter Voelpel]

But contact pressure is sometimes more important then contact area.
Some PL259 stuff is suffering from production and /or material quality more
then type N

73
Peter, DJ7WW

-----Original Message-----
From: towertalk-bounces at contesting.com
[mailto:towertalk-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Jim Brown
Sent: Montag, 16. Januar 2012 23:07
To: towertalk at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] PL259 Insertion Loss?

On 1/16/2012 9:48 AM, Frederick Vobbe wrote:
> Never even considered running anything greater than 500 watts through a
> PL259, to be honest with you.   I know they are rated for higher power,
> but I've never considered them as being the right connector for the
> application.

Your opinion is not even slightly based on the laws of physics.  The 
contact area of the center conductor of a PL259 is MUCH larger than that 
for a BNC or N.

73, Jim K9YC
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