Mark You can always make TDR/TDT measurements to characterize long cables. See Tek's IConnect offering. It will output your Touchstone files from Time Domain measurements. Tom Dagostino Teraspeed Labs 9999 SW Wilshire St. Suite 102 Portland, OR 97225 USA 971-279-5325 Office 971-279-5326 FAX 503-430-1065 Cell tom@xxxxxxxxxxxxx www.teraspeed.com Teraspeed Consulting Group LLC 121 North River Drive Narragansett, RI 02882 401-284-1827 -----Original Message----- From: si-list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:si-list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Mark Filipov Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2012 10:34 AM To: si-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [SI-LIST] VNA and characterization of long cables Hello! I have heard that in practice it's is not possible to to VNA measurements on cables that are around 7 meters long or longer. Can someone explain why is it so? How do we otherwise obtain simulation models of long cables if, they cannot be measured on a VNA and saved in Touchstone format? Thanks! /Mark ------------------------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from si-list: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field or to administer your membership from a web page, go to: //www.freelists.org/webpage/si-list For help: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'help' in the Subject field List forum is accessible at: http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/si-list List archives are viewable at: //www.freelists.org/archives/si-list Old (prior to June 6, 2001) list archives are viewable at: http://www.qsl.net/wb6tpu ------------------------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from si-list: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field or to administer your membership from a web page, go to: //www.freelists.org/webpage/si-list For help: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'help' in the Subject field List forum is accessible at: http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/si-list List archives are viewable at: //www.freelists.org/archives/si-list Old (prior to June 6, 2001) list archives are viewable at: http://www.qsl.net/wb6tpu