Tom is correct ! OT Trivia: PL-259's and SO-239's were not designed to be 50 ohms and seldom are. Use them in impedence-critical situations ... phasing lines, power dividers, wattmeters, etc. ... at one's own peril. (;-)
73 Ken - K0PP On Aug 21, 2015 9:01 PM, "Chester Alderman" <alderm...@windstream.net> wrote: > You should be sure to NEVER say that around a microwave person! As long as > you stay in HF, crimps may be OK. As a retired microwave circuit and > systems > design engineer, there will never be a crimped anything in my ham station. > Saying 'crimped' is better than soldered is the same as saying you don't > know what you are talking about! Just my opinion of course. > > 73, > Tom - W4BQF > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Elecraft [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of > Jerry > Moore > Sent: Friday, August 21, 2015 9:38 PM > To: Bob McGraw - K4TAX; elecraft@mailman.qth.net > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] normal K3 voltage drop on TX > > I respectfully disagree. A properly made crimp is superior to a soldered > connection. The key word being properly made. If you don't have the correct > tools to do a proper crimp then a good compromise is to solder the > connection after crimping, however, that's only to comply with connection > best practice to establish a good mechanical and electrical connection. A > proper crimp serves to mechanically weld the conductors together. > Jer, AE4PB > K3S TBA > > > > his email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to > alderm...@windstream.net > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to kengk...@gmail.com > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
