At 12/25/2007 21:19, you wrote: >Hello All, > >I am putting up a UHF repeater in Seattle and have a question >regarding feedline losses. The repeater site is on top of a >building and the distance from where the repeater/duplexer will be >located is less than 25 feet of coax distance away from the antenna >mount. > >Of course I would like to reduce the system losses as much as possible >so I'm willing to pay for ~25 feet of 7/8" Heliax. However my >question is more about the loss experienced with inter-series >connectors in the feedline.
An N male or female barrel is essentially lossless @ 450 MHz. I use them routinely at several GHz with no major losses noted. Bob NO6B