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(Reaffirmed 2015) 
UDC 621’315’212’029’5 : 621’315’221’8 IS : 11967( Part 3/Secl  ) - 1988
( Reaffirmed 2003 )
Indian Standard
SPECIFICATION FOR (Reaffirmed 2014) 
RADIO FREQUENCY COAXIAL CABLES (Reaffirmed 2017)
 
(Reaffirmed 2020)
PART 3 SOLl,p @XTRUDED/TAPE WRAPPED PTFE
Section d hexible, Type R 50-2 FOI
(Reaffirmed 2013) 
0. General - IS : 5026-1987 ‘General requirements and tests for radio frequency cables (firs,
revision 1’ is a necessary adjunct to this standard.  
1. Outline Drawing - See Fig. 1.
(Reaffirmed 2012) 
TER CONDUCTOR

(Reaffirmed 2011) 

 
FIG. 1 CONFIGURATION

2. Construction - See Table 1. (Reaffirmed 2010) 

3. Requirements
3.1 Dimensions, Configuration and Description - See Fig. 1 and Table 1.  

TABLE 1 DESCRIPTION
(Reaffirmed 2009) 

SI No. Components Construction Details  

i) Inner conductor Seven strands of silver-coated, annealed-copper covered, steel wire,
each strand 0’17 mm
(Reaffirmed 2008) 
Overall diameter : 0’51 mm f 0’2 mm
ii) Dielectric core Type F-l or F-2 : Solid tape wrapped PTFE
Diameter : 1’52f0’08 mm  
iii) Outer conductor Single braid of 0’1 mm silver-coated copper wire
Diameter : 2’06 mm (Reaffirmed 2007) 
Coverage : 90%. Min
Carriers : 16  
Ends : 5
r
Picks/cm : 4’7+10% (Reaffirmed 2006) 
iv) Jacket Type IX : FEP/Type VII b : PTFE
Diameter : 2’49_tO’lO mm
 

3.2 Environmental and Mechanical Tests (Reaffirmed 2005) 

Tests Requirements Clause Reference to
1s : 5026-1987  
Visual and mechanical eXaminatiOn:
Eccentricity 10 percent, Max 6.4.3
Adhesion of conductors:
Inner conductor to core 9 N, Min; 36 N, Max 6.4.4
Stress crack resistance* +230 f 5X, mandrel 6.20
size 74 times jacket
diameter
Dimensional stability 200 f 5°C 6.25
Inner conductor from core 5 mm, Max
Inner conductor from jacket 5 mm, Max
Flammability* 6.28
Weight* 18 g/m, Max 6.31

*When specially required.

Adopted 22 December 1988 Q May 1989, BIS Or 2

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3.3 Electrical Tests
Tests Requirements Clause Reference to
IS : 5026-I 987
Continuity 6.5
Spark test 2 000 V rms, +25%-O% 6.6
Voltage withstanding 2 000 V rms 6.7
Corona extinction voltage 1 200 V rms, Min 6.9
Characteristic impedance 50 f 2 ohm 6.10
Attenuation See Fig. 2 6.11
Structural return loss* See Fig. 3 6.12
Capacitance 105 pF/m, Max 6.13

4. Engineering Information

Continuous working voltage : 900 V rms, Max

Operating frequency : 3 GHz, Max
Velocity of propagation : 69’5 percent, Nominal
Power rating : See Fig. 2
Operating temperature range : -55 to f200”C
Inner conductor properties
DC resistance ( maximum at 20°C) : 275’8 ohms/km
Elongation : IO percent, Min
Engineering notes : This cable is useful in general purpose, high temperature applications (see
connector series ‘SMA’, ‘SMB’ and ‘SMC’)

10 50 100 sbo l.bOO

FREQUENCY IN MHz
MAXIMUM ATTFNUATION
MAXIMUM POWER - - - -
AT 25OC SEA LEVEL

Frequency ( MHz ) Attenuation ( dB ) Power ( Watts )

50 7’5 600
100 11 425
200 15 300
400 21 210
1 000 58 130

FIG. 2 POWER RATING AND ATTENUATION

*When specially required.

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SWR Reflection Return

Coefficient Loss
dB

17’391 0 0’891 3 1

MINIMUM STRUCTURAL RETURN LOSS

~:z ;
4’419 4
0’794
0’707
0’631
3
9
0
z
4
3’569 8 0’562 3 5

3’009 5 0’501 2 6
2’614 6 0’446 7 7
2’322 9 0’398 1 s
2’099 9 0‘354 8
1’925 0 0’316 2 1:
10
m
-a 1’784 9 0‘281 8
I.670 9 0’251 2
g 15
1’567 9 0’223 9
9
1’498 5 0’199 5
1’432 6 0’1778

1’376 7 0’158 5
1’329 0 0’141 3
1’288 0 0’125 9
1‘252 8 ;:;g;
1’222 2

1’195 7 0’089 1
1’172 6 0’079 4 ;:
b I
35
b 0.3 0.R 0.9 1.2

FREQUENCY
1.5 1.8

IN GHz
2.1 24 2.7 3.0
1 ‘I 52
1’134
1’119
4
7
2
0‘070
0’063
0’056
6
1
2
;z
25

1’105 5 0’050 1
1’093 5 0’044 7
1’082 9 0’039 6
1’073 6 0’035 5
1’065 3 0’031 6

Structural Return
Loss

MHz dB

1:: 30
400
1 000 2’:
3 000 17

FIG. 3 STRUCTURAL RETURN LOSS

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This standard is based on MIL-C-17/113C ( 1978 ) ‘Military specification sheet cables, radio
frequency, flexible, coaxial 50, ohms, M17/113-RG316’, issued by the Department of Defence, USA.

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