W4ZT Coaxial Cable Data

Coax Cable Type Signal Loss per 100 feet
*	RG-174	RG-58	RG-8X	RG-213	RG-6	RG-11	RF-9914	RF-9913
1MHz	1.9dB	0.4dB	0.5dB	0.2dB	0.2dB	0.2dB	0.3dB	0.2dB
10MHz	3.3dB	1.4dB	1.0dB	0.6dB	0.6dB	0.4dB	0.5dB	0.4dB
50MHz	6.6dB	3.3dB	2.5dB	1.6dB	1.4dB	1.0dB	1.1dB	0.9dB
100MHz	8.9dB	4.9dB	3.6dB	2.2dB	2.0dB	1.6dB	1.5dB	1.4dB
200MHz	11.9dB	7.3dB	5.4dB	3.3dB	2.8dB	2.3dB	2.0dB	1.8dB
400MHz	17.3 B	11.2dB	7.9dB	4.8dB	4.3dB	3.5dB	2.9dB	2.6dB
700MHz	26.0dB	16.9dB	11.0dB	6.6dB	5.6dB	4.7dB	3.8dB	3.6dB
900MHz	27.9 B	20.1dB	12.6dB	7.7dB	6.0dB	5.4dB	4.9dB	4.2dB
1GHz	32.0dB	21.5dB	13.5dB	8.3dB	6.1dB	5.6dB	5.3dB	4.5dB
Z	50	50	50	50	75	75	50	50

Andrew LDF4-50A 1/2" Heliax
Attenuation and Average Power

Frequency MHz	Attenuation dB/100 ft	Attenuation dB/100 m	Average Power, KW
0.5	0.045	0.149	40.0
1	0.064	0.211	35.8
1.5	0.079	0.259	29.2
2	0.091	0.299	25.3
10	0.205	0.672	11.3
20	0.291	0.954	7.93
30	0.357	1.17	6.46
50	0.463	1.52	4.98
88	0.619	2.03	3.73
100	0.661	2.17	3.49
108	0.688	2.26	3.36
150	0.815	2.67	2.83
174	0.880	2.89	2.62
200	0.946	3.10	2.44
300	1.17	3.83	1.97
400	1.36	4.46	1.70
450	1.45	4.75	1.59
500	1.53	5.02	1.51
512	1.55	5.08	1.49
600	1.69	5.53	1.37
700	1.83	6.01	1.26
800	1.97	6.46	1.17
824	2.00	6.56	1.15
894	2.09	6.85	1.10
960	2.17	7.12	1.06
1000	2.22	7.28	1.04
1250	2.51	8.23	0.921
1500	2.77	9.09	0.833
1700	2.97	9.74	0.777
1800	3.07	10.1	0.753
2000	3.25	10.7	0.710
2100	3.34	11.0	0.691
2200	3.43	11.2	0.673
2300	3.52	11.5	0.657
3000	4.09	13.4	0.565
3400	4.39	14.4	0.526
4000	4.82	15.8	0.479
5000	5.49	18.0	0.421
6000	6.11	20.1	0.378
8000	7.26	23.8	0.318
8800	7.69	25.2	0.300

Andrew LDF5-50A 7/8" Heliax
Attenuation and Average Power

Frequency MHz	Attenuation dB/100 ft	Attenuation dB/100 m	Average Power, KW
0.5	0.025	0.081	91.0
1	0.035	0.115	78.6
1.5	0.043	0.141	64.1
2	0.050	0.163	55.5
10	0.112	0.366	24.6
20	0.159	0.521	17.3
30	0.195	0.641	14.1
50	0.254	0.833	10.8
88	0.340	1.12	8.08
100	0.364	1.19	7.56
108	0.378	1.24	7.26
150	0.449	1.47	6.12
174	0.486	1.59	5.66
200	0.523	1.72	5.26
300	0.649	2.13	4.24
400	0.758	2.49	3.63
450	0.808	2.65	3.41
500	0.855	2.81	3.22
512	0.866	2.84	3.17
600	0.945	3.10	2.91
700	1.03	3.37	2.67
800	1.11	3.63	2.48
824	1.13	3.69	2.44
894	1.18	3.87	2.34
960	1.23	4.02	2.24
1000	1.25	4.12	2.19
1250	1.42	4.67	1.93
1500	1.58	5.18	1.74
1700	1.70	5.56	1.62
1800	1.75	5.75	1.57
2000	1.86	6.11	1.48
2100	1.92	6.29	1.44
2200	1.97	6.46	1.40
2300	2.02	6.63	1.36
3000	2.37	7.76	1.16
3400	2.55	8.37	1.08
4000	2.81	9.23	0.978
5000	3.23	10.6	0.853

Andrew FSJ1-50A 1/4" Superflex Heliax
Attenuation and Average Power

Frequency MHz	Attenuation dB/100 ft	Attenuation dB/100 m	Average Power, KW
0.5	0.124	0.407	6.40
1	0.176	0.577	6.40
1.5	0.215	0.707	6.40
2	0.249	0.816	6.40
10	0.559	1.83	3.97
20	0.792	2.60	2.80
30	0.973	3.19	2.28
50	1.26	4.14	1.76
88	1.68	5.52	1.32
100	1.79	5.89	1.23
108	1.87	6.13	1.19
150	2.21	7.25	1.00
174	2.39	7.82	0.929
200	2.56	8.41	0.865
300	3.16	10.4	0.701
400	3.67	12.1	0.603
450	3.91	12.8	0.567
500	4.13	13.5	0.537
512	4.18	13.7	0.530
600	4.54	14.9	0.488
700	4.93	16.2	0.450
800	5.29	17.4	0.419
824	5.38	17.6	0.412
894	5.61	18.4	0.395
960	5.83	19.1	0.380
1000	5.96	19.6	0.372
1250	6.72	22.0	0.330
1500	7.41	24.3	0.299
1700	7.94	26.0	0.279
1800	8.19	26.9	0.271
2000	8.67	28.5	0.256
2100	8.91	29.2	0.249
2200	9.14	30.0	0.243
2300	9.37	30.7	0.237
3000	10.9	35.6	0.204
3400	11.6	38.2	0.191
4000	12.8	41.8	0.174
5000	14.5	47.5	0.153
6000	16.1	52.7	0.138
8000	19.0	62.4	0.117
10000	21.7	71.2	0.102
12000	24.2	79.4	0.092
14000	26.6	87.2	0.084
16000	28.8	94.6	0.077
18000	31.0	101.7	0.072
19000	32.1	105.2	0.069
20000	33.1	108.6	0.067
20400	33.5	110.0	0.066

50 Ohm COAXIAL CABLES
from ADVANCED DIGITAL CABLE

Description

UL / NEC

Rating

Advanced

Digital

Cable

Part No.

Conductor

AWG/Type

In mm

Insulation

Type

In mm

Shield

Construction

coverage

Jacket

Type

In mm

Nominal

Impedance

Ohms

Nominal

Cap

pF/ft

pF/m

Nominal

Velocity

Prop.%

Nominal

Attenuation

Mhz dB/100 ft

RG 58/U

AWM 1354

4-8058

20 (Solid)

Bare Copper

.032 .81

.116 2.95

Tinned Copper Braid

95%

PVC

.195 4.95

28.5

93.4

10
50
100
200
400
700
1000

1.10
2.50
3.80
5.60
8.40
11.70
14.50

RG 58/U

AWM 1354

4-8058 BC

20 (Solid)

Bare Copper

.032 .81

.116 2.95

Bare Copper Braid

95%

PVC

.195 4.95

28.5

93.4

10
50
100
200
400
700
1000

1.10
2.50
3.80
5.60
8.40
11.70
14.50

RG 58 A/U

AWM 1354

4-8058A

20 (Stranded)
19/33
Tinned Copper
.036 .89

.116 2.95

Tinned

Copper Braid

95%

PVC

.195 4.95

30.5

100

10
50
100
200
400
700
1000

1.50
3.10
4.90
7.30
11.50
17.00
21.50

RG 58 C/U

MIL TYPE

AWM 1354

8058C

20 (Stranded) 19/33
Tinned Copper
.036 .89

.116 2.95

Tinned

Copper Braid

95%

NC PVC

.195 4.95

30.5

100

10
50
100
200
400
700
1000

1.50
3.10
4.90
7.30
11.50
17.00
21.50

RG 58 A/U

AWM 1354

4-8258A

20 (Stranded) 19/32
Tinned Copper
.037 .94

FPE

.114 2.90

Tinned

Copper Braid

95%

PVC

.195 4.95

25.0

83.0

10
50
100
200
400
700
1000

1.20
2.50
3.80
5.60
8.40
11.70
14.50

RG 58
THINNET

AWM 1354

4-8079

20 (Stranded) 19/32
Tinned Copper
.037 .94

FPE

.101 2.57

Foil +
Tinned
Copper Braid

93%

PVC

.183 4.67

25.4

83.3

10
50
100
200
400
700
1000

1.30
2.90
4.20
6.10
8.90
12.10
14.80

RG 58/U

AWM 1354

8158

20 (Solid) Bare Copper

.032 .81

.116 2.95

Bare Copper Braid

80%

PVC

.195 4.95

28.5

93.4

10
50
100
200
400
700
1000

1.40
3.10
4.50
6.80
10.00
14.00
17.00

Glossary of Abbreviations
	Amp AC AL AWG AWM BC C CATV CCTV CCS CL2 CL3 CM CMA CSA Cu dB DC ETP f F FEP FPE FPL FRPE FT4 G GHz Hz I K KHz L m M MHz n NCPVC NEC nF NFPA OFC p PE pF PLTC PP PTFE PU PVC RG SC TC TPE TPR u uF UL XLPE		Ampere – the standard unit of measure for current. Alternating Current Aluminum American Wire Gage Appliance Wiring Material Bare Copper Capacitance or Celsius Community Antenna Television – Article 820 of the National Electrical Code Closed-circuit television Copper Clad Steel Class 2 circuits – Article 725 of the National Electrical Code Class 3 circuits – Article 725 of the National Electrical Code Communications cables – Article 800 of the National Electrical Code Circular mil area Canadian Standards Association Copper Decibel Direct Current Electrolytic tough pitch – the standard electrical grade of copper wire Frequency Farad – the standard unit measure for capacitance Fluorinated ethylene-propylene – a DuPont plastic compound in the Teflon family Foamed polyethylene Power-limited fire alarm circuits – Article 760 of the National Electrical Code Flame retardant polyethylene A cable marking used to indicate that a cable has passed the FT4 vertical-tray flame test Giga or 1,000,000,000 Giga-Hertz Hertz – 1 Hertz = 1 cycle per second A symbol used to designate electrical curren (Amperes) Kilo or 1,000 Kilo-Hertz A symbol used to designate electrical inductance. milli or .001 Mega or 1,000,000 Mega-Hertz Nano or .000000001 Non-contaminating polyvinyl chloride National Electrical Code – published by the NFPA Nanofarad – one billionth of a farad. National Fire Protection Association Oxygen free copper – Pico or .000000000001 Polyethylene Picofarad – one trillionth of a farad. Power Limited Tray Cable circuits – Article 760 of NEC Polypropylene Teflon Polyurethane Polyvinyl chloride The military designation for coaxial type cables. Silver coated copper Tin coated copper Thermoplastic elastomer Thermoplastic rubber Micro or .000001 Microfarad – one millionth of a farad. Underwriters Laboratories – an independent non-profit testing laboratory Cross-linked polyethylene