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