The article provides a detailed procedure in the assembly of rf coax cables for use in rf and microwave communications. The connection assembly and the transmission and reflection coefficients become very important at these frequencies.

The article provides a way of measuring various parameters of an rf coaxial cable. One most important property of a coax is the VSWR, short for Voltage Standing Wave Ratio. This is also expressed in terms of Return Loss (RL).

Coaxial Cable Impedance Calculator allows you to enter the Outer Diameter Dielectric width, Inner conductor Diameter width and either the Dielectric Constant or Velocity of Propagation (VoP) values in order to calculate the impedance of the coax.

Tools are provided for measurement of cable impedance, Dual Dielectric Coax Calculator, Milli Watts to dBm Calculator, dBm to Milli Watts Calculator, Reactance Calculator, reflection coefficient Calculator return loss Calculator, and return loss Calculator(by using VSWR) Skin Depth Calculator VSWR Calculator VSWR Calculator(by using RL) Wire Over Ground Calculator

The page offers a tool for configuring custom co-axial cable by specifying the end connectors, cable type, and required insertion and return losses. It can be saved in pdf format and the spec may be emailed after completing the configuration.