Hi
     I am thinking that perhaps there is a five hundred watt limit on the
coax itself. Thus, the connector is limited to the maximum allowed by the
cable.

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-----Original Message-----
From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
On Behalf Of Tom Behler
Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2011 3:54 AM
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Subject: Re: A little more info on Shakespeare solderless PL259 connectors

    Phil:

that's what I thought, so I'm a bit confused as to why the Shakespeare 
people feel the connectors can only handle up to 500 watts. ... Perhaps it's

something with the connector itself?

73 from Tom Behler:  KB8TYJ

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Phil Scovell" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2011 11:07 PM
Subject: Re: A little more info on Shakespeare solderless PL259 connectors


> RG8X Minnie coax is a little large than RG59 and is good for 1500 watts.
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> Phil.
> K0NX
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Tom Behler" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2011 6:47 PM
> Subject: A little more info on Shakespeare solderless PL259 connectors
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>
>> Hi, all.
>>
>> For those interested in the Shakespeare solderless PL259 coax connectors
>> I've been discussing, I talked to a guy from Shakespeare Technical 
>> Support
>> this afternoon, and he told me that the connectors will only handle up to
>> 500 watts.  So, I guess it would be wise to limit the connectors to
>> situations where relatively low output power levels are involved.
>>
>> I hope this info helps someone.
>>
>> I'll let you know my experiences when I try out one of the connectors,
>> hopefully this week-end.
>>
>> 73 from Tom Behler:  KB8TYJ
>>
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