Gerry:
I guess I could do that, but I worry about hurting my expensive equipment
here, so if I do any experimenting at all, it's going to be very very
cautious.
I don't like courting trouble, since Murphy seems to easily find my QTH here
as it is! (grin)
73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gerry Leary" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, December 01, 2011 6:33 AM
Subject: Re: A little more info on Shakespeare solderless PL259 connectors
> Well I say take the experimenters point of view and pump up the volume and
> see what happens.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tom Behler" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2011 5:07 AM
> Subject: Re: A little more info on Shakespeare solderless PL259 connectors
>
>
>> Colin:
>>
>> To be honest, I think they just cover themselves by stipulating the 500
>> watt
>> power limit. We all know that 500 watts on SSB is less demanding on a
>> connector than 500 watts on CW, RTTY, etc..
>>
>> Actually, I too was a little disappointed in the tech support guy's
>> answer,
>> but I couldn't get him to be more specific.
>>
>> If someone else wants to call the number and follow up more closely, I'd
>> be
>> interested in the results.
>>
>> 73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "colin McDonald" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2011 12:16 AM
>> Subject: Re: A little more info on Shakespeare solderless PL259
>> connectors
>>
>>
>>> 500 watts, what? PEP, cw, am, FM, SSB... what?
>>> and at what frequencies? where does it change or handle less power?
>>>
>>> 73
>>> Colin, V A6BS
>
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