Posted on March 30, 2018 by jh1oodRF Attenuator and Return Loss Since the output of the attenuator is open, the return loss shall be twice the attenuation of each section, namely, 0.5dB, 1dB, 2dB, 3dB, 4dB, 10dB and 20dB. Note that no calibration is tried. Just showing the raw data.