JD780A Series Analyzers
Appendix D – VSWR-Return loss conversion table
This information is for the Cable and Antenna Analyzer mode of the JD785A Base Station Analyzer
and the JD786A RF Analyzer.
Return Loss=20log
10
R.L./20
VSWR=(10
+1/10
VSWR
Return
Trans.
Loss
Loss
(dB)
(dB)
1.00
--
0.000
1.01
46.1
0.000
1.02
40.1
0.000
1.03
36.6
0.001
1.04
34.2
0.002
1.05
32.3
0.003
1.06
30.7
0.004
1.07
29.4
0.005
1.08
28.3
0.006
1.09
27.3
0.008
1.10
26.4
0.010
1.11
25.7
0.012
1.12
24.9
0.014
1.13
24.3
0.016
1.14
23.7
0.019
1.15
23.1
0.021
1.16
22.6
0.024
1.17
22.1
0.027
1.18
21.7
0.030
1.19
21.2
0.033
1.20
20.8
0.036
1.21
20.4
0.039
1.22
20.1
0.043
1.23
19.7
0.046
1.24
19.4
0.050
1.25
19.1
0.054
1.26
18.8
0.058
1.27
18.5
0.062
1.28
18.2
0.066
1.29
17.9
0.070
1.30
17.7
0.075
1.32
17.2
0.083
1.34
16.8
0.093
1.36
16.3
0.102
1.38
15.9
0.112
1.40
15.8
0.122
1.42
15.2
0.133
1.44
14.9
0.144
1.46
14.6
0.155
1.48
14.3
0.166
1.50
14.0
0.177
1.52
13.7
0.189
1.54
13.4
0.201
1.56
13.2
0.213
1.58
13.0
0.225
1.60
12.7
0.238
1.62
12.5
0.250
574
(VSWR+1/VSWR-1) (dB)
R.L./20
-1)
Volt.
Power
Power
Refl
Trans
Refl
Coeff
(%)
(%)
0.00
100.0
0.0
0.00
100.0
0.0
0.01
100.0
0.0
0.01
100.0
0.0
0.02
100.0
0.0
0.02
99.9
0.1
0.03
99.9
0.1
0.03
99.9
0.1
0.04
99.9
0.1
0.04
99.8
0.2
0.05
99.8
0.2
0.05
99.7
0.3
0.06
99.7
0.3
0.06
99.6
0.4
0.07
99.6
0.4
0.07
99.5
0.5
0.07
99.5
0.5
0.08
99.4
0.6
0.08
99.3
0.7
0.09
99.2
0.8
0.09
99.2
0.8
0.10
99.1
0.9
0.10
99.0
1.0
0.10
98.9
1.1
0.11
98.9
1.1
0.11
98.8
1.2
0.12
98.7
1.3
0.12
98.6
1.4
0.12
98.5
1.5
0.13
98.4
1.6
0.13
98.3
1.7
0.14
98.1
1.9
0.15
97.9
2.1
0.15
97.7
2.3
0.16
97.5
2.5
0.17
97.2
2.8
0.17
97.0
3.0
0.18
96.7
3.3
0.19
96.5
3.5
0.19
96.3
3.7
0.20
96.0
4.0
0.21
95.7
4.3
0.21
95.5
4.5
0.22
95.2
4.8
0.22
94.9
5.1
0.23
94.7
5.3
0.24
94.4
5.6
VSWR
Return
Loss
(dB)
1.64
12.3
1.66
12.1
1.68
11.9
1.70
11.7
1.72
11.5
1.74
11.4
1.76
11.2
1.78
11.0
1.80
10.9
1.82
10.7
1.84
10.6
1.86
10.4
1.88
10.3
1.90
10.2
1.92
10.0
1.94
9.9
1.96
9.8
1.98
9.7
2.00
9.5
2.50
7.4
3.00
6.0
3.50
5.1
4.00
4.4
4.50
3.9
5.00
3.5
5.50
3.2
6.00
2.9
6.50
2.7
7.00
2.5
7.50
2.3
8.00
2.2
8.50
2.1
9.00
1.9
9.50
1.8
10.00
1.7
11.00
1.6
12.00
1.5
13.00
1.3
14.00
1.2
15.00
1.2
16.00
1.1
17.00
1.0
18.00
1.0
19.00
0.9
20.00
0.9
25.00
0.7
30.00
0.6
Appendix
Trans.
Volt.
Power
Loss
Refl
Trans
(dB)
Coeff
(%)
0.263
0.24
94.1
0.276
0.25
93.8
0.289
0.25
93.6
0.302
0.26
93.3
0.315
0.26
93.0
0.329
0.27
92.7
0.342
0.28
92.4
0.356
0.28
92.1
0.370
0.29
91.8
0.384
0.29
91.5
0.398
0.30
91.3
0.412
0.30
91.0
0.426
0.31
90.7
0.440
0.31
90.4
0.454
0.32
90.1
0.468
0.32
89.8
0.483
0.32
89.5
0.497
0.33
89.2
0.512
0.33
88.9
0.881
0.43
81.6
1.249
0.50
75.0
1.603
0.56
69.1
1.938
0.60
64.0
2.255
0.64
59.5
2.553
0.67
55.6
2.834
0.69
52.1
3.100
0.71
49.0
3.351
0.73
46.2
3.590
0.75
43.7
3.817
0.76
41.5
4.033
0.78
39.5
4.240
0.79
37.7
4.437
0.80
36.0
4.626
0.81
34.5
4.807
0.82
33.1
5.149
0.83
30.6
5.466
0.85
28.4
5.762
0.86
26.5
6.040
0.87
24.9
6.301
0.88
23.4
6.547
0.88
22.1
6.780
0.89
21.0
7.002
0.89
19.9
7.212
0.90
19.0
7.413
0.90
18.1
8.299
0.92
14.8
9.035
0.94
12.5
Power
Refl
(%)
5.9
6.2
6.4
6.7
7.0
7.3
7.6
7.9
8.2
8.5
8.7
9.0
9.3
9.6
9.9
10.2
10.5
10.8
11.1
18.4
25.0
30.9
36.0
40.5
44.4
47.9
51.0
53.8
56.3
58.5
60.5
62.3
64.0
65.5
66.9
69.4
71.6
73.5
75.1
76.6
77.9
79.0
80.1
81.0
81.9
85.2
87.5