% ERIC LUNDQUIST % Boeing Wire Measurements % Connectors May 2009 clear all close all clc load -ASCII coax.dat load -ASCII co12.dat load -ASCII co1.dat load -ASCII co2.dat % Eliminate Initial Spikes coax(1:10) = 0; co12(1:10) = 0; co1(1:10) = 0; co2(1:10) = 0; % Length Axes m2ft=3.048; length = 20 ; % length of reflectometry measurement (in meters) pts = size(coax); %number of points pts = pts(1); dz = length/pts*m2ft; z = dz.*[1:pts]; figure subplot(4,1,1) plot(z,coax) axis tight grid on title('Coax','fontweight','b') subplot(4,1,2) plot(z,co12) title('Coax + Cable 1 + Cable 2','fontweight','b') axis tight grid on subplot(4,1,3) plot(z,co1) title('Coax + Cable 1','fontweight','b') axis tight grid on subplot(4,1,4) plot(z,co2) axis tight grid on title('Coax + Cable 2','fontweight','b') xlabel('Distance (ft)') % DESCRIPTION OF PARTS % Cable 1 ~ 22 ft % Cable 2 ~ 14 ft % Connectors ~ 2" % % Parts Legend: % % Cable 1 = D28213J MW D28213P % Cable 2 = Smith's Aerospace Cheltenham England Part No. 0802KLM03 Coax_Length_ft = 1 Cable1_Length_ft = 22/m2ft Cable2_Length_ft = 14/m2ft Coax_Length_m = 1*m2ft Cable1_Length_m = 22 Cable2_Length_m = 14 figure plot(z,co12) axis tight grid on title('Coax + Cable 1 + Cable 2','fontweight','b') xlabel('Distance (ft)') ylabel('Reflection Coefficient') figure plot(z,co12-co1) axis tight grid on title('Difference between measurements with and without Cable 2 attached','fontweight','b') xlabel('Distance (ft)') ylabel('Reflection Coefficient')