On 8/23/2025 11:08 AM, john@kk9a.com wrote:
I mostly agree. Connector loss is minimal.
Yes. About 15 years ago, I made up a lot of cables for a DXpedition,
with soldered 83-1SP on 100 ft lengths of Commscope 3227, an RG8-size
cable with a solid #10 copper center and foil/tinned copper braid that
is superior to LMR400. For final test, I spliced all 13 of these cables
together and measured loss by substitution using HP generator and
spectrum analyzer. That's 12 barrels and 26 83-1SPs.
Loss at 200 MHz (as high as I went) was slightly less than the mfr's
spec for the cable.
73, Jim K9YC
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