I have one of the MFJ models that doesn't have pig tails.
So I could easily use a patch cable on the UHF side with an N connecter 
instead of a pl259 on that end...I just never did and had patch cables 
already and an adapter...I really don't notice any significant loss when 
connecting the antenna directly to the N connecter verses the adapters, 
patch cables and duplexer...there might be a loss on test equipment, but in 
the real world, I haven't noticed anything.
I don't do moon bounce or weak signal work on SSB on UHF though.
73
Colin, V A6BS
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Thursday, December 22, 2011 6:54 AM
Subject: Re: ts2000 on hf?


>I could find one when I wasn't looking but not when I was. I found a
> duplexer that didn't have the pigtales on it and I could have made a cable
> for that but it had SO-239's so I'd still have had to make the cable with 
> an
> N on one end and PL-259 on the other end, I figured it was a wash in the 
> end
> so got the one with pigtails on it and the adapter.
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "colin McDonald" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Thursday, December 22, 2011 12:38 AM
> Subject: Re: ts2000 on hf?
>
>
>> where did you find a duplexer with the N type connecter on the UHF side?
>> I wasn't able to when I was looking years ago.
>> by the way, 1DB or even 1.5DB is still pretty minimal even on UHF...less
>> than a 5th of an S unit in real world terms.
>> I don't think 1.5 DB would even be an audible or perceivable difference.
>>
>> 73
>> Colin, V A6BS