[TowerTalk] PL259 Insertion Loss?

[R. Morris]

On 01/17/2012 05:19 PM, K8RI wrote:
> On 1/17/2012 11:06 AM, Jim Brown wrote:
>> On 1/17/2012 3:40 AM, Paul Christensen wrote:
>>> That ties in with why we have a 50-ohm coaxial line standard for most 2-way
>>> communications purposes and it probably dates back to the Quackenbush era.
   "Patented the first coaxial cable in England later that year"   .1880

http://coaxial-cable-review.toptenreviews.com/the-history-of-coaxial-cable.html

http://www.pacificcabling.com/Coaxial%20Cable/Coaxial_Handbook.htm#History