Transmission Line Model used by Zplots and TLDetails Dan Maguire, AC6LA

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Nominal Zo 51.5 W
Nominal VF 0.66 With Excel 2003 and earlier, this workbook
K0 0.118904 (controls Rdc) Approximate Loss dB/100ft = requires the "Analysis Tool-Pak" Excel Add-In.
K1 0.321239 (controls Rhf) K0 + K1*sqrt(Freq) + K2*Freq Click Tools > Add-Ins and make sure "Analysis
ToolPak" is checked.
K2 0.004695 (controls Ghf) (rough estimate)
With Excel 2007 and later no special action is
needed.
Frequency 14 MHz
Line Length 100 Feet 100 m = 328.084 ft

Computations:
Rdc 0.01410001 W/ft Sample data:
Rhf 0.14253293 W/ft Belden 7805
Lhf 7.93337E-08 H/ft ("external" inductance) RG-174
Ghf 2.93881E-06 S/ft Zinternal is the combination of Nom Zo 50
Chf 2.99118E-11 F/ft all impedance values internal to Nom VF 0.66
w (omega) 87964594.3 {2p * FHz} the conductors: Rdc, Rhf, and K0 0.356990
internal inductance.
K1 0.690569
Zinternal 0.142882060914004+0.142184644332477j K2 0.001356
RjwL 0.142882060914004+7.12073886706156j RjwL then combines Zinternal
GjwC 2.93881394490289e-06+0.00263118266480501j with the reactance of the Formulas:
Zo 52.0248832435808-0.492846813222411j "external" inductance due to the
g 0.00144966144371385+0.136885522543927j magnetic field *between* the
conductors.
Re(Zo) 52.025 W
Im(Zo) -0.493 W
Re(g) 0.00144966 Nepers/ft
Im(g) 0.13688552 Radians/ft Loss Comparison, dB
Loss, dB 1.259 {Re(g) * Neper * LenFt} True, via Re(g): 1.259
VF 0.6533 {w / (SLfps * Im(g))} S21, e.g. per VNA: 1.265
K0/K1/K2 approx: 1.387

Derive S-parms: Zref: 50

See Equation Set 2 here W, S11/S21 reference impedance
Note PLTS "Z" = my Zo, PLTS "Zo" = my Zref.
 g*Len 0.144966144371385+13.6885522543927j
sinh(g*Len) 0.0630948359769469+0.910533246728421j
cosh(g*Len) 0.438283031120661+0.131079557670738j
Ds 2661.80877412864+5397.6544312499j
S11 0.0319054814135942+0.00467133693790875j
S21 0.374987441974723-0.778920457890102j
S11 Mag 0.03224564
S11 Phase 8.32959222
S11 dB -29.831
S21 Mag 0.86448404
S21 Phase -64.2929325
S21 dB -1.265

Extract RLGC parameters (at entered freq of 14 Freq.MHz):

R 142.882 mW/ft 468.773 mW/m <-- Combination of Rdc and Rhf, but not a simple sum. Varies with frequency.
L 80.950 nH/ft 265.584 nH/m <-- Sum of "internal" and "external" inductance. Varies with frequency.
G 2.939 µS/ft 9.642 µS/m <-- Conductance, varies with frequency.
C 29.912 pF/ft 98.136 pF/m <-- Capacitance, fixed.
Components of R and L:
Rdc 14.100 mW/ft 46.260 mW/m <-- Fixed 9.9%
Percent of total R at this frequency.
Rhf 128.782 mW/ft 422.513 mW/m <-- Varies 90.1%
L internal 1.616 nH/ft 5.303 nH/m <-- Varies 2.0%
L external 79.334 nH/ft 260.281 nH/m <-- Fixed 98.0% Percent of total L at this frequency.
Loss Tangent:
Q 0.00112 radians 0.06399 degrees

Impedance transform, load to input: To transform from input to load,

make the line length negative.
R at load 25 W
X at load 10 W
Z at load 25+10j
Z at input 85.2118304205333+19.4658680905106j
R at input 85.212
X at input 19.466
 Total line loss 1.551 dB

Constants:
NEPER 8.68588964 (dB/neper)
SL 983.571056 (Mft/sec) Credit:
Algorithm for Zinternal: Johnson, "High Speed Signal
SLfps 983571056 (ft/sec)
Propagation", section 3.1, equations 3.3 and 3.4.
TWOPI 6.28318531
Algorithm for total line loss: W7XC (SK), Technical
Correspondence, QST November 1997.
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RG-58 RG-8
51.5 52
0.66 0.66
0.118904 0.025891
0.321239 0.185562
0.004695 0.001357
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