Coax Cable

Coax Cable

The thinner the cable - the bigger the disappointment...

Many hams go QRP and don't know it...

A good quality antenna cabling is always a worth while and one-time only investment!

	coaxial cable RG-213UBX
	coaxial cable RG-58/U
	coaxial cable RG-316
	high quality low loss teflon-insulated coax

Typ		RG-316	RG-174	RG-58/U	RG-59	RG-213/UBX	RG-213 FOAM	AIRCOM plus	AIRCELL 7	ECOFLEX 10	ECOFLEX 15	H-155
Impedance		50	50	50	75	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	Ohm
Outer diameter		2,6	2,6	5,8	6,2	10,3	10,3	10,3	7,3	10,2	14,6	5,4	mm
Loss at	30 MHz	18	20	9,0	6,0	1,97	3,7	2,5				3,4	dB/100m
	144 MHz	32	34	19	13,5	8,5	4,94	4,5	7,9	4,8	3,4	11,2	dB/100m
	432 MHz	60	70	33	23	15,8	9,3	8,2	14,1	8,9	6,1	19,8	dB/100m
	1296 MHz	100	110	64,5		28	18,77	15,2	26,1	16,5	11,4	34,9	dB/100m
	2320 MHz	140	175				23,7	21,5	39	23,1	16,0		dB/100m
Velocity factor		0,7	0,66	0,66		0,66	0,8	0,8	0,83	0,86	0,86	0,79
Max. load at	10 MHz	900	200				2000	5550	2960	3900	6450	550	W
	145 MHz	280	95				1000	700	1000	1850	1000	240	W
	1000 MHz	120	30				120	280	190	350	560	49	W

Low loss coaxial cables

AIRCOM^® plus

AIRCOM PLUS^® This 10,3 mm cable features a low loss double shielded contruction (copper foil and copper braid), solid center conductor, as well as a UV stablized jacket. The inner conductor is surrounded by a honeycomb dielectric structure to acheive excellant low loss characteristics thus allowing use even at 10.0GHz. Aircom Plus is different than other air core cables. Its air core honeycomb structure guarantees that the inner conductor will not migrate towards the shield when the cable is sharply bent. AIRCOM PLUS® is suitable for use around a rotor. Type N male and Female, BNC and UHF connectors are available.

ECOFLEX^® 10

ECOFLEX^® 10 is a new flexible 50 Ohm low loss cable for use in the frequency range of DC - 4 GHz. Its modern construction features a PE-LLC Dielectric that surrounds a flexible stranded inner conductor. An EMI screening immunity of > 85 dB at 3 GHz. is acheived through double shielding by the use of both copper foil and copper braid. In addition, a PE stablized coating is applied to the copper foil to insure that perforation of the foil will not take place due to repeated cable bends. A full range of connectors are available for ECOFLEX 10 including: N, BNC and UHF.

ECOFLEX^® 15

ECOFLEX^® 15 is a new 15 mm 50 Ohm cable for use in the frequency range of DC - 6 GHz. Its unique construction combines the low loss properties found in non-flexible solid center cables with the high flexibility of cables manufactured with stranded center conductors. ECOFLEX 15 was designed to meet the demands of the RF and Telecommunications industries for a low loss, highly flexible, affordable coaxial cable. An EMI screening immunity of > 90 dB. at 1.0 GHz. is acheived through the use of double shielding which consists of overlapped copper foil and an additional copperbraid. The copper foil has an applied PE coating which insures that EMI immunity is not compromised by short radius bends. ECOFLEX 15 is the right choice when a low loss, highly flexible microwave rated cable is required. Ecoflex 15 is the clear leader for today's demanding applications. A solder free N-connector has been developed for ECOFLEX 15. Connector installation only takes a few minutes and requires no special tools.

AIRCELL^®

AIRCELL^® 7 is a 7 mm low loss coaxial cable (better than RG 213). The cable has a flexible stranded center conductor which is surrounded by gas injected PE foam for low loss (more than 50% air content). The shielding is made of both a coated copper foil and copper braid. Special AIRCELL 7 connectors are available.

Cable Loss in dB per 100 m (328 ft.)					Other Cables
MHz	AIRCELL7	ECOFLEX 10	AIRCOM PLUS	ECOFLEX 15	RG 58	RG 213
100	6,6	4,0	3,3	2,8	16,1	6,9
144	7,9	4,8	4,5	3,4	17,8	8,5
432	14,1	8,9	8,2	6,1	33,2	15,8
1000	22,5	14,2	12,5	9,8	54,6	22,5
2000	33,8	21,2	19,8	14,7	87,5	33,8
3000	43,8	27,0	25,0	18,7	118	58,5

Data sheet / mounting instructions AIRCOM PLUS	390 KB
Data sheet / mounting instructions AIRCELL 7	253 KB
Data sheet / mounting instructions ECOFLEX 10	260 KB
Data sheet / mounting instructions ECOFLEX 15	360 KB

MILAG RG-213 FOAM

Low loss cost effective coax cable.

RG-213 FOAM is a new coaxial cable featuring the same outer diameter as RG-213, however, has a completely different construction. Instead of PVC the cable features a dieletricum made of injected PE foam. Consequently, the attenuation is significantly lower than compared to RG-213 and almost reaches the parameters of AIRCOM PLUS, (see table).

The shielding consists of copper braid and an additional copper foil which results in an increase in shielding.
The cable is available for sales in lengths of 25m, 50m and 100m as well as in continuous lengths. Special N-type connectors are also available

More Coax data (Source Rigpix)

Loss is in dB/100 m. For example, 100 meters of H-2000 Flex will attenuate a 144 MHz signal with 4.8 dB.
Diameter and bending radius is given in millimeters.

Type	Diam.	Bending radius	Imp.	Vel.	Kg/100m	pF/m	10	14	28	50	100	144	435	1296	2400
Aircell 7	7.3	25	50	0.83	7.2	74		3.4	3.7	4.8	6.6	7.9	14.0	26.1	38.0
Aircom Plus	10.8	55	50	0.85	15.0	84	0.9				3.3	4.5	8.2	14.5	23.0
H-2000 Flex	10.3	50	50	0.83	14.0	80		1.4	2.0	2.7	3.9	4.8	8.5	15.7	23.0
H-1000	10.3	75	50	0.83	14.0	80		1.4	2.0	2.7	3.9	4.8	8.5	15.7	23.0
H-500	9.8	75	50	0.81	13.5	82	1.3			2.9	4.1		9.3	16.8	24.5
H-100	9.8		50	0.84		80					4.5
H-43	9.8	100	75	0.85	9.1	52	1.2			2.5	3.7		8.0	14.3	23.7
LCF 12-50	16.2	70	50	?	22	?	0.67		< 1.17		2.16	< 3	< 4.7	< 9	< 13
LCF 58-50	21.4	90	50	?	37	?	0.5		< 0.88		1.64	< 2.2	< 3.5	< 7	< 10
LCF 78-50	28	120	50	?	53	?	0.35		< 0.62		1.15	< 1.6	< 2.5	< 5	< 7
RG-223	5.4	25	50	0.66	6.0	101		6.1	7.9	11.0	15.0	17.6
RG-213U	10.3	110	50	0.66	15.5	101	2.2		3.1	4.4	6.2	7.9	15.0	27.5	47.0
RG-174U	2.8	15	50	0.66		101					30.9
RG-59	6.15	30	75	0.66	5.7	67					12.0		25.0	33.6
RG-58CU	5.0	30	50	0.66	4.0	101		6.2	8.0	11.0	15.6	17.8	33.0	65.0	100.0
RG-58 others	4.9	32	50	0.78	3.2	82				8.3	11.0		23.0	44.8
RG-11	10.3	50	75	0.66	13.9	67				4.6	6.9		18.0	30.0