will this work to protect my CC2500 module?

I found this SMA Plug that claims it absorbs up to 600mw of transmitter energy. It's designed to put on your quad's vtx while transporting. I have a modded Devo 6s with a CC2500 module in it and an A7105. Right now, I do not use the CC2500. It has a fragile cloverleaf antenna that I feel like i'm going to damage. Can I use the SMA plug instead to protect the module, and then put the clover leaf on when I need to fly that protocol? I just don't want to burn out the module before I ever get a chance to use it.

www.ebay.com/itm/FPV-Transmit.../262152091180

thanks.

The only concern would be if the load is frequency dependent. Usually these are resistive loads and work fine at all reasonable frequencies. But the ebay info doesn't say for sure.

Normally those dummy loads are basically a 50 Ohm resistor, (you can measure with your meter) they should work fine on any frequency below the specified freq.
So if they are good up to 5.8ghz VTX, than foir sure can be used on 2,4Ghz

Higher frequencies could be problem, but I think would not do any damage, but only the SWR might not be full 1:1...

mellowvision wrote: Can I use the SMA plug instead to protect the module, and then put the clover leaf on when I need to fly that protocol? .

Do you have a "clover leaf" as the receiver antenna on your models? If not you'll be doing more harm than good trying to use a CP antenna to transmit and a standard linear to receive. That doesnt work and you'll actually have less range than if you use two matching linears

I don't currently have any models that use the CC2500 transmitter module. I chose that one for the future, because I'd like to use it for nicer models. I do plan on putting a clover leaf on those models, in the future.

my goal right now is to protect that module in my radio until I need it, without having to have a clover leaf on the radio all the time. the clover leaf is just going to get damaged, and makes packing the radio a pain in the ass. If I can leave a dummy load or a fold down antenna on it until I need to actually use the module, I figure I'll be saving myself some money on a new cloverleaf down the line