Properly crimped, gas tight connection is superior to solder from DC to daylight. Just my opinion of course. Oh, and 40 years of experience. Ken - ke4rg
When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser. Socrates -----Original Message----- From: Elecraft [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ken G Kopp Sent: Friday, August 21, 2015 11:16 PM To: Chester Alderman; [email protected] Subject: Re: [Elecraft] normal K3 voltage drop on TX 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" <[email protected]> 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 ><snip> ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [email protected]
