>
>on 5/4/00 11:42 AM, W0YR@aol.com at W0YR@aol.com wrote:
>
>> CABLE POWER RATING: The factor controlling the power capability of a
>> coalial line is heat, most of which is generated in the center conductor.
>
>I don't agree with your ending statement. In a coaxial cable the RF does
>not travel down the center conductor - at least it shouldn't.
If RF does not travel down the center conductor, how does current get to
the load?
>In reality, a
>TEM0 (if I remember my mode designations correct) wave is set up between the
>center conductor and shield. The vast majority of the RF energy travels
>through the dielectric. So the majority of heating will occur due to
>dielectric losses. Now, some of the RF energy does travel through the outer
>surface of both conductors and this is dependent on the skin depth of the
>material. RF energy should ideally travel only on the surface of the
>conductor. Since no conductor is a perfect conductor,
So there is really and truly no such thing as a super-conductor?
> we do have some loss
>and therefore heat generated there. But I'd lay money that the biggest
>generator of heat is the dielectric. That's why air dielectric cables (for
>example the BIG heliax cables) are the least lossy.
>
>> The inner dielectric's ability to withstand the heat and its effectivenuess
>> in transferring heat to the outer shield and jacket are the limiting agents
>> in the heating process. For vhf/uhf use, coax with a teflon inner
>> dielectric are used, which permits a center conductor operating temperate as
>> high as 250 C.
>
>I'll agree with this. The teflon also has low loss.
>
No lower loss than polyethylene at room temp.
>
later, Jon
- Rich..., 805.386.3734, www.vcnet.com/measures.
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