Appendix A
Reference Data
Coaxial Cable Technical Data
Table A-1 provides a standard listing of common coaxial cables along with their Relative
Propagation Velocity and Nominal Attenuation values in dB/m @1000, 2000, and
2500 MHz. (N/A indicates that the specification is not applicable to the listed cable.)
A-1
Manufacturer Cable Type
Relative
Propagation
Velocity (Vf)
Nominal
Attenuation
dB/m @
1000 MHz
Nominal
Attenuation
dB/m @
2000 MHz
Nominal
Attenuation
dB/m @
2500 MHz
Andrew FSJ1-50A 0.84 0.197 0.285 0.313
Andrew FSJ2-50 0.83 0.134 0.196 0.222
Andrew FSJ4-50B 0.81 0.119 0.176 0.201
Andrew LDF4-50A 0.88 0.073 0.107 0.121
Andrew LDF5-50A 0.89 0.041 0.061 0.070
Andrew LDF6-50 0.89 0.029 0.044 0.051
Andrew LDF7-50A 0.88 0.024 0.037 0.043
Andrew LDF12-50 0.88 0.021 0.033 N/A
Andrew LDF4.5-50 0.89 0.054 0.08 0.091
Andrew LDF5-50B 0.91 0.041 0.061 0.07
Andrew HJ4-50 0.914 0.087 0.137 0.15
Andrew HJ4.5-50 0.92 0.054 0.079 0.084
Andrew HJ5-50 0.916 0.042 0.063 0.07
Andrew HJ7-50A 0.921 0.023 0.034 0.04
Andrew HJ12-50 0.931 0.019 0.029 N/A
Andrew VXL5-50 0.88 0.045 0.066 0.075
Andrew VXL6-50 0.88 0.032 0.048 0.055
Andrew VXL7-50 0.88 0.024 0.037 0.043
Andrew AVA5-50 7/8" 0.91 0.0115 0.0168 0.0191
Andrew AVA7-50 1 5/8" 0.92 0.0068 0.0102 0.0117
Andrew VXL5-50 7/8" 0.88 0.0136 0.0201 0.0229
Andrew VXL6-50 1 1/4" 0.88 0.0097 0.0147 0.0169
Andrew VXL7-50 1 5/8" 0.88 0.0074 0.0113 0.013
Andrew EFX2-50 0.85 0.0368 0.0541 0.0615
Andrew HL4RP-50A 0.88 0.0226 0.0331 0.0376
Table A-1. Coaxial Cable Technical Data (1 of 4)