Few of us can guarantee dry air for our antenna connections. Where is this data from?
For the question “Has anyone tested them?”, I expect that Amphenol tests to the published specs. Those tests would be over the entire temperature range in the data sheet. If you visit the data sheets I linked for the UHF and type N connectors, you might notice that type N has spect for many more attributes than UHF. wunder K6WRU Walter Underwood CM87wj http://observer.wunderwood.org/ (my blog) > On Sep 27, 2019, at 11:04 AM, Jeff Blaine <keepwalking...@ac0c.com> wrote: > > PL259/SO239 BDV is around 4KV in dry air. > > 73/jeff/ac0c > alpha-charlie-zero-charlie > www.ac0c.com > > > On 9/27/19 1:01 PM, j...@kk9a.com wrote: >> 5000 watts is 500 volts rms with a perfect antenna system. I suspect that >> PL-259 connectors really can withstand much more than 500 volts. Has anyone >> tested them? My station has a mixture of UHF, N and DIN connectors and all >> have worked perfectly for 1500 watts HF. If PL-259s are failing they are >> either poor quality connectors or there are serious antenna issues causing >> excessive voltage. >> >> John KK9A >> >> >> Walter Underwood K6WRU >> >> Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ] [ subject ] [ author ] >> From the Amphenol data sheet, UHF connectors are rated for 500 V peak, so >> they are marginal for use at that power level. Type N connectors are rated >> at 1500 V peak. >> >> >> wunder >> K6WRU >> Walter Underwood >> CM87wj >> http://observer.wunderwood.org/ (my blog) >> >> ______________________________________________________________ >> 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 keepwalking...@ac0c.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 wun...@wunderwood.org ______________________________________________________________ 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
