An interesting paper was published by Amphenol on February 28, 2025 (https://www.svmicrowave.com/spydar-8-svs-recent-phased-array-radar-activity) looking at the performance of Cinch Johnson Cable Assembly, Metric, STR SMA Plug to STR SMA Plug, RG 316 that is supplied with the EVAL-CN0566-RPIZ. The Insertion Loss, S21, of the cable is almost -6dB over the 10 GHz to 10.5 GHz bandwidth as shown in their plot.
I received a new CN0566 last week for a project, and here is the S21 data for the Cinch RG-316 cable.
The range of the CN0566 can be improved by reducing the Insertion Loss (S21) of the coax cable. Has anyone had the opportunity yet to evaluate system performance using the lower loss cable recommended by Amphenol? This is the https://www.svmicrowave.com/sma-male-to-sma-male-12-low-loss-strain-relief-cable-assembly-for-087-ll-cable, which can be built to the same length as the Cinch cable using the Rapid Response Cable Builder, so both cables will of the same length and with the same gender SMA connectors. This cable assembly would use the Ø.087-LL cable type from Amphenol.
Thanks,
Scott
