Along time ago a fellow did an article for NCJ magazine. he hooked up
around 25 or 30 various elbows, barrel connectors etc and did a loss test. He
came up with the whole string being no more than half a dB if I remember
correctly. Of course if you are using Chinese connectors of dubious quality
who knows.
K4XS
In a message dated 1/14/2012 4:59:41 P.M. Greenwich Standard Time,
dxdx@optonline.net writes:
All,
I've always assumed that UHF connectors had negligible insertion loss
below 30MHz, but I recently spotted a couple of quotes on the web that
put losses between 0.3 and 0.5db @ 30Mhz. If that were the case, the
cumulative effect of a typical installation with 6 to 8 connectors would
not be so negligible, especially on 10 and 12 meters.
I was wondering if anyone has done any tests of their own or if they
know of a reliable source on the web for this kind of data? Another
thing that comes to mind is whether there is any additional losses
associated with UHF crimp-on connectors?
Thanks,
Tony, K2MO
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