<BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid"> <div>I don't remember if this is urban legend or not, but I remember something like this.</div> <div> </div> <div>The geometry of 75 ohms is the lowest loss as Wyatt states. When they filled that geometry with (poly) dielectric, 50 ohms resulted.</div> <div> </div> <div>As to 93 ohms, if you can make anything you want, why not 93... Don't know why 93. Perhaps, as Wyatt also suggests, there's some phase delay or other esoteric reason.</div> <div> </div> <div>73, Steve, K9DCI</div> <div> </div> <div> Google may know...</div> <div> </div> <div><BR>Message: 5<BR>Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2006 21:09:51 +1000<BR>From: "Andrew Rich" <VK4TEC@TECH-SOFTWARE.NET><BR>Subject: [aprssig] Why is coax 50 ohm ?<BR>To: "TAPR List" <APRSSIG@LISTS.TAPR.ORG><BR></div> <div>Is there a reason why coax is 50 ohm ?<BR><BR>And 75 ohm ?
<BR><BR>And 92 ohms ?<BR><BR>Is it historical or is there a scienific reason why ?<BR>-----------------------------------------<BR>Andrew Rich<BR>Amateur radio callsign VK4TEC email: <A href="mailto:vk4tec@tech-software.net">vk4tec@tech-software.net</A> web: <A href="http://www.tech-software.net">http://www.tech-software.net</A> Brisbane AUSTRALIA <BR><BR>------------------------------<BR><BR>Message: 9<BR>Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2006 14:29:57 +0000<BR>From: wyattfoard@comcast.net (Wyatt Foard)<BR>Subject: Re: [aprssig] Why is coax 50 ohm ?<BR>To: TAPR APRS Mailing List <APRSSIG@LISTS.TAPR.ORG><BR><BR>Andrew Rich wrote:<BR>> Is there a reason why coax is 50 ohm ?<BR>> <BR>> And 75 ohm ?<BR>> <BR>> And 92 ohms ?<BR>> <BR>> Is it historical or is there a scienific reason why ?<BR>Both 50 ohms and 75 ohms have been selected for specific reasons. Going back to Maxwell's equations for coax as a transmission line, maximum power transfer is at
Z=30ohms and mimimum loss in the transmission line is at Z=77ohms. 50ohm coax is a good trade off for general purpose applications, as well as a nice round number. Video signals are not high power and so use 75ohms to minimize loss, again picking a round number.<BR><BR>I have no idea about 92 ohms, but would suspect there is another spec that was minimized or maximized by its selection.<BR><BR>Thanks,<BR>Wyatt Foard - KR5WF<BR></div></BLOCKQUOTE><p>
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