I.S. EN 61196-3:1999

FOREWORD
1 General
  1.1 Scope and object
  1.2 Normative references
  1.3 Definitions
  1.4 Installation considerations
      1.4.1 Pulling strength
      1.4.2 Temperature rating
      1.4.3 Bending radius
2 Materials and cable construction
  2.1 General
  2.2 Cable construction
  2.3 Inner conductor
      2.3.1 Conductor material
      2.3.2 Conductor construction
  2.4 Dielectric
  2.5 Outer conductor or sheath
  2.6 Sheath
  2.7 Colour of the sheath
  2.8 Identification
      2.8.1 Cable identification
      2.8.2 Sheath marking
  2.9 Delivery and storage
3 Characteristics and requirements
  3.1 General
  3.2 Engineering information
      3.2.1 Connector
      3.2.2 Mass
      3.2.3 Bending radius
      3.2.4 Capacitance
      3.2.5 Voltage rating
  3.3 Electrical integrity
      3.3.1 Sheath spark test
      3.3.2 Dielectric withstand voltage
      3.3.3 Insulation resistance
  3.4 Transmission characteristics
      3.4.1 Characteristic impedance
      3.4.2 Loop DCR
      3.4.3 Outer conductor DCR
      3.4.4 Attenuation
      3.4.5 Attenuation after ageing
      3.4.6 Velocity ratio
      3.4.7 Surface transfer impedance
      3.4.8 Screening attenuation
      3.4.9 Return loss
  3.5 Mechanical characteristics
      3.5.1 Elongation after break of the inner conductor
      3.5.2 Elongation after break of the insulation
      3.5.3 Tensile strength and elongation after break
              of the sheath
      3.5.4 Tensile strength and elongation after break
              of the sheath after ageing
      3.5.5 Bending at low temperature of the cable
      3.5.6 Bending radius at room temperature
      3.5.7 Dielectric adhesion
  3.6 Environmental characteristics
      3.6.1 Cable test under fire conditions
      3.6.2 Smoke opacity, toxicity, halogen gas emission
4 Quality assurance
5 Blank detail specification
  5.1 Field of application
  5.2 Identification of the detail specification
  5.3 Pro forma blank detail specification
Annex ZA (informative) Normative references to international
                       publications with their corresponding
                       European publications

Defines requirements for radio frequency coaxial cables for local area networks.