Generator, Terminator And Oscilloscope - Klein 5000 SERIES Operation And Maintenance Manual

Different Cable Lengths and the Startup.ini File
D.6.2 Measuring Cable Insertion Loss
To get an accurate assessment of your tow cable assembly, we suggest that you use
a Hewlett Packard 4194A Impedance/Gain-Phase Analyzer or similar.
A sample plot is shown in Figure D-3.
Figure D-3:
If you do not have access to a Hewlett Packard 4194A Impedance/Gain-Phase
Analyzer, you can get a close reading by using a function generator, a 50-ohm
terminator and an oscilloscope as shown in Figure D-4.
Function
Generator
Figure D-4:
Setup for Measuring Tow Cable Characteristics using a
Function Generator, Terminator and Oscilloscope
Sample Plot of Tow Cable Characteristics
50 ohm terminator
Cable
Assembly
D-31
Scope