[TowerTalk] How lossy are PL-259s at HF?

[Jim Brown]

On 6/17/2024 12:44 PM, Steve Harrison wrote:
> You can calculate the power dissipated within their connector at 1750
> MHz (through-loss of -0.17277 dB) as 3.9% of 1000 watts, or about 39
> watts. No wonder it failed after 28 minutes...

Great engineering is applying applicable and useful aspects of science 
to solve a particular problem, not chasing angels dancing on the head of 
a pin. :)  Hardware, construction, and design techniques needed for 1.7 
GHz are very different from those needed at HF, which is Pete's 
application.

73, Jim K9YC