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Flame Retardant Coaxial Cables

Flame Retardant RG59 CWB/SWB/SWA Armoured Coaxial cables

Application

These 75Ω coaxial cables are suitable for installation on board of ships and other indoor marine environments.

Standards

Basic design to MIL-C-17

Flame Retardant RG59 CWB/SWB/SWA Armoured Coaxial cables

Fire Performance

Flame Retardance

(Single Vertical

Wire Test)

EN 60332-1-2; IEC 60332-1-2; BS EN 60332-1-2; VDE

0482-332-1 ; NBN C 30-004 (cat. F1); NF C32-070-2.1(C2); CEI 20-35/1-2; EN 50265-2-

1*; DIN VDE 0482-265-2-1*

Reduced Fire

Propagation

(Vertically-mounted

bundled wires

& cable test)

EN 60332-3-24 (cat. C); IEC 60332-3-24; BS EN 60332-3-24; VDE 0482-332-3; NBN C 30-

004 (cat. F2); NF C32-070-2.2(C1); CEI 20-22/3-4; EN 50266-2-4*; DIN VDE 0482-266-2-

4
Halogen Free IEC 60754-1; EN 50267-2-1; DIN VDE 0482-267-2-1; CEI 20-37/2-1 ; BS 6425-1*

No Corrosive Gas

Emission

 IEC 60754-2; EN 50267-2-2; DIN VDE 0482-267-2-2; CEI 20-37/2-2 ; BS 6425-2*

minimum Smoke

Emission

 IEC 61034-1&2; EN 61034 -1&2; DIN VDE 0482-1034-1&2; CEI 20-37/3-1&2; EN 50268-1&2*; BS 7622-1&2*
No Toxic gases NES 02-713; NF C 20-454

Note: Asterisk * denotes superseded standard.

Cable Construction

Conductors: 20AWG solid bare copper.

Insulation: PE compound.

Screen1: Aluminium/polyester or aluminium tape.

Screen2: Tinned copper braid.

Inner Sheath: Low smoke and halogen-free polyolefin, coloured black.

Armouring:

cwb: copper Wire Braid

swb: Steel Wire Braid

swa: Steel Wire Armour

Outer Sheath:

Thermoplastic LSZH compound type LTS3 as per BS 7655-6.1 (Thermosetting LSZH compound type SW2-SW4 as

per BS 7655-2.6 can be offered.)

Physical And Thermal Properties

Temperature Range: -30°C - +75°C

Minimum Bending Radius: 15 X Overall Diameter

Electrical Properties

AWG   20
Nominal Conductor Diameter mm 0.8
Impedance Ω 75+/-5
Nominal Attenuation@100mHz dB/100m 7.6
Nominal Attenuation@270mHz dB/100m 12.5
Nominal Attenuation@540mHz dB/100m 17.9
Nominal Attenuation@720mHz dB/100m 20.9
Nominal Attenuation@750mHz dB/100m 21.3
Nominal Attenuation@1000mHz dB/100m 24.9
Capacitance pF/m 53.5
Velocity of Propagation % 83
Conductor DCR Ω/km 32.8
Shield DCR Ω/km 12.5
Inductance μH/m 0.318
Time Delay ns/m 4.0

Construction Parameters

Cable Code Nominal Inner Conductor Diameter Nominal Insulation Thickness Nominal Outer Sheath Thickness Nominal Overall Diameter Nominal
Weight
  mm mm mm mm kg/km
RG59 CWB 0.8 1.4 1.2 9.78 146
RG59 SWB 0.8 1.4 1.2 9.78 114
RG59 SWA 0.8 1.4 1.2 10.8 220