From f7de7debbb13a49999771e9645a66ef964a9159a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Renat Nurgaliyev Date: Tue, 7 Jul 2026 17:25:34 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Further explanations improvements --- explanations.json | 14 +++++++------- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/explanations.json b/explanations.json index 76b7b7c..6c2bc04 100644 --- a/explanations.json +++ b/explanations.json @@ -3245,10 +3245,10 @@ "confidence": 8 }, "AG308": { - "revision": 2, - "explanation": "Over 60 m at 29 MHz, the cable must stay below 2 dB total loss; the 10.3 mm PE-foam cable is the thinnest listed type meeting that limit.", - "source": "https://50ohm.de/NEA_kabeldaempfung_2.html#AG308", - "confidence": 8 + "revision": 3, + "explanation": "Over 60 m at 29 MHz the total loss must stay under 2 dB, so pick the lowest-loss cable — not the thinnest. Of the four, the 10.3 mm PE-foam cable has both the largest conductor and a low-loss foam dielectric, so it has the least loss per metre: the thin 4.95 mm RG58 and the thinner 7.3 mm foam cable have more conductor loss, and the equally-thick RG213 loses more because its solid PE dielectric is lossier than foam. Only the 10.3 mm foam cable therefore holds the 60 m run within 2 dB. Hilfsmittel: read dB/100 m at 29 MHz from the Kabeldämpfungsdiagramm Koaxialkabel (S. 22) and scale linearly with length.", + "source": "https://50ohm.de/NEA_kabeldaempfung_2.html", + "confidence": 7 }, "AG309": { "revision": 2, @@ -3257,9 +3257,9 @@ "confidence": 8 }, "AG310": { - "revision": 2, - "explanation": "At 5.7 GHz even short coax is lossy; among the listed cables, only the 12.7 mm PE-foam type keeps 8 m below 3 dB.", - "source": "https://50ohm.de/NEA_kabeldaempfung_2.html#AG310", + "revision": 3, + "explanation": "Coax loss falls as the cable gets thicker, so read the per-100 m attenuation at 5.7 GHz off the diagram and scale to the 8 m run ($8\\,\\text{m}$ is $0.08$ of $100\\,\\text{m}$, so the budget is $3\\,\\text{dB}/0.08 = 37.5\\,\\text{dB per }100\\,\\text{m}$). At 5.7 GHz the 12.7 mm and the fatter 16.4 mm PE-foam cables both stay under $3\\,\\text{dB}$ over $8\\,\\text{m}$; the thinner 10.3 mm and 7.3 mm types exceed it. The question asks for the thinnest cable that still meets the $3\\,\\text{dB}$ limit — not the only one that meets it — so the 12.7 mm cable is chosen over the needlessly thick 16.4 mm. Hilfsmittel: the Kabeldämpfungsdiagramm Koaxialkabel (S. 22) — read dB/100 m at the operating frequency and scale linearly with length.", + "source": "https://50ohm.de/NEA_kabeldaempfung_2.html", "confidence": 8 }, "AG311": {