values should be seen as indicative rather than critical.

Power rating

The peak power rating of an N connector is determined by voltage breakdown/ionisation of the air near the center pin. The average power rating is determined by overheating of the centre contact due to resistive insertion loss, and thus is a function of frequency. Typical makers' curves for a new clean connector with a perfect load (VSWR=1.0) give limits of ?5000 W at 20 MHz and ?500 W at 2 GHz.This square root

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