I agree.... On Thu, Jun 26, 2008 at 11:14 AM, Daron Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >We don't worry about such stuff in commercial applications. it is part of > the > >link budget. > >.15 db on a splice in our work it is closer to being treated as 0.01 > >db...does not have a effect on operation. > >(unless you have a bad cable assembly, then in which case it is under > >warranty send it back) > > It is a small amount indeed. In a closed system where you have a link > budget, it is relatively easy to compensate for loss and have a budget. > You > can increase amplifier gain, shorten coax runs, decrease coax loss, etc. > In > an open system such as a repeater, we don't have the luxury of being able > to > control what happens after the antenna. So, the more you can squeeze out > of > the system, the more usable it is (generally). While .15 is not much, many > of us are interested in making the system as sensitive as we can within > reason. So if you pick up a few little things at .15 and .25 or so, pretty > soon you have a small gain. I would be more concerned about desense > between the TX and RX with that coax than I might be about the small loss. > > 73 > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Please TRIM your replies or set your email program not to include the > original message in reply unless needed for clarity. ThanksYahoo! Groups > Links > > > > -- Thanks in Advance Bob Brown In-Building RF Design, Sprint-Nextel Custom Radio Communications Ltd. 816-561-4100 816-561-4148 Fax [EMAIL PROTECTED] NOTICE OF CONFIDENTIALITY: This material is intended for the use of the individual to whom it is addressed and may contain information that is privileged, proprietary, confidential, and exempt from disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient, you are notified that dissemination, distribution or copying of the communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please contact the sender immediately via e-mail and destroy this message accordingly. -- The wireless telegraph is not difficult to understand. The ordinary telegraph is like a very long cat. You pull the tail in New York, and it meows in Los Angeles. The wireless is the same, only without the cat. Albert Einstein [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
