drkirkby
Full Member level 6
I'm looking to find some N-plug to N-plug adapters, which have a good return loss up to at least 6 GHz. Whilst it seems possible to get decent N-female to N-female, I can't find decent anything with males at each end. I'd like a return loss of at least 30 dB (1.06:1), but if I can't get that, l'll have to make do with the best I can get.
I've looked at one from Pasternack
https://www.pasternack.com/images/ProductPDF/PE9007.pdf
but the specification gives the SWR as 1.3:1 (return loss 17.7 dB). That's pretty poor.
Likewise the Huber and Suhner 32_N-50-0-1/133_N has the same spec at 6 GHz 1.3:1 (return loss 17.7 dB), although I measured one at considerably better than this (30.0 dB)
I can't find a spec on the Radiall R161703000W, although I measured one at 30.1 dB
I've measured a number of N-female to N-female adapters, and several have better performance than any male/male adapter I can find.
If anyone does want a decent female/female adapter, I suggest this is worth a look
https://www.ccsukltd.co.uk/clientuploads/ccsltd/uploads/radEditor/documents/J01024A0004.pdf
I measured a worst case return loss of 34.6 dB on two of those.
Does anyone know of a source of decent N-male to N-male adapters?
Dave
I've looked at one from Pasternack
https://www.pasternack.com/images/ProductPDF/PE9007.pdf
but the specification gives the SWR as 1.3:1 (return loss 17.7 dB). That's pretty poor.
Likewise the Huber and Suhner 32_N-50-0-1/133_N has the same spec at 6 GHz 1.3:1 (return loss 17.7 dB), although I measured one at considerably better than this (30.0 dB)
I can't find a spec on the Radiall R161703000W, although I measured one at 30.1 dB
I've measured a number of N-female to N-female adapters, and several have better performance than any male/male adapter I can find.
If anyone does want a decent female/female adapter, I suggest this is worth a look
https://www.ccsukltd.co.uk/clientuploads/ccsltd/uploads/radEditor/documents/J01024A0004.pdf
I measured a worst case return loss of 34.6 dB on two of those.
Does anyone know of a source of decent N-male to N-male adapters?
Dave