Coaxial Cable Selection Guide

HELIAX® Coaxial Cable Selection Guide - 50-ohm, Foam Dielectric

Extraflexible, Foam Dielectric,
Superflexible, FSJ Series EFX Series VXL Series
Nominal Size 1/4" 3/8" 1/2" 3/8" 7/8"
Catalog Pages 474 480 485 489 503
Standard Cables
Standard Black Jacket FSJ1-50A FSJ2-50 FSJ4-50B EFX2-50 VXL5-50
Fire Retardant Cables
CATVX, VW-1, IEC 332-1 FSJ1RN-50B FSJ2RN-50 FSJ4RN-50B EFX2RN-50 VXL5RN-50
CATV, UL1581, IEC 332-3, IEEE 383 FSJ1RN-50B FSJ2RN-50 FSJ4RN-50B EFX2RN-50 VXL5RN-50
CATVR, UL1666 (Riser) FSJ1RN-50B FSJ2RN-50 FSJ4RN-50B EFX2RN-50 VXL5RN-50
Low VSWR Cables, Specially Tested
Standard Black Jacket FSJ1P-50A-(**) FSJ2P-50-(**) FSJ4P-50B-(**) EFX2P-50-(**) VXL5P-50-(**)
Special Application Cables
Phase Stabilized; Phase Measured p. 590 p. 590 p. 590 – –
Characteristics
Maximum Operating Frequency, MHz 20400 13400 10200 13500 4900
Peak Power Rating, kW 6.4 13.2 15.6 15.6 90
Relative Propagation Velocity, % 84 83 81 85 88
Minimum Bend Radius, in (mm) 1 (25) 1 (25) 1.25 (32) 1.75 (45) 5 (125)
Attenuation, dB/100 ft (dB/100 m) Standard conditions: VSWR 1.0; ambient temperature 20° C (68° F).
30 MHz 0.973 (3.19) 0.649 (2.13) 0.557 (1.83) 0.584 (1.92) 0.214 (0.702)
100 MHz 1.79 (5.89) 1.20 (3.94) 1.04 (3.41) 1.08 (3.56) 0.397 (1.3)
450 MHz 3.91 (12.8) 2.64 (8.66) 2.31 (7.59) 2.39 (7.83) 0.878 (2.88)
1000 MHz 5.96 (19.6) 4.06 (13.3) 3.60 (11.8) 3.68 (12.1) 1.36 (4.46)
2000 MHz 8.67 (28.5) 5.97 (19.6) 5.37 (17.6) 5.41 (17.8) 2.01 (6.59)
6000 MHz 16.1 (52.7) 11.3 (37.2) 10.5 (34.4) 10.3 (33.8) –
10000 MHz 21.7 (71.2) 15.5 (50.8) 14.6 (47.9) 14.1 (46.3) –
Average Power Rating, kW Standard conditions: VSWR 1.0; ambient temperature 40 °C (104° F); inner conductor temperature 100°C (212°F);
no solar loading.
30 MHz 2.28 3.97 5.76 3.99 12.3
100 MHz 1.23 2.14 3.09 2.15 6.62
450 MHz 0.567 0.975 1.38 0.978 2.99
1000 MHz 0.372 0.634 0.889 0.635 1.93
2000 MHz 0.256 0.431 0.598 0.431 1.31
6000 MHz 0.138 0.228 0.307 0.227 –
10000 MHz 0.102 0.166 0.220 0.165 –
** Insert suffix number from specific cable Catalog page. † See specific Catalog page.

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