I just entered the L and C values that QRP Labs lists for the 20 meter LPF into AADE filter Design.? The analysis shows only a .03 dB loss at 14.5 MHz and doesn¡¯t exceed 1.5 dB until above 15.5 MHz.? I suspect you¡¯ll have to measure and tweek your toroids to get close to the values that QRP Labs calls out for their 20 meter filter.
Hans - thanks for that. Maybe I just got unlucky with a combination of capacitor and toroid Al tolerances. I think I've seen the figure of 10% quoted by Micrometals for the Type-6 material.