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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Night Stalker10, post: 12101942, member: 200038&quot;]Craig, I found this info on return loss. I believe this makes more sense to us non-engineer folks, versus the technical info I posted earlier.</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;The RL value is not cable loss.&nbsp; It stands for &quot;Return Loss&quot;, a term well-known to RF engineers.&nbsp; Think of it as the inverse of SWR, and just an alternative expression to what the SWR is.&nbsp; It has very little to do with cable loss.&nbsp; For example, 9 dB RL is about a 2:1 SWR.&nbsp; They are equivalent.&nbsp; You want a higher Return Loss number for a better SWR, not lower.&nbsp; A 40 dB return loss is a near perfect 1:1 SWR.&nbsp; This high Return Loss number means that the antenna is absorbing and using all of the power you send to it.&nbsp; A low value of Return Loss means that very little of your power is being used by the antenna, and is being reflected (Returned) back to your transmitter.&quot;[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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