Category 6 4-pair screened solid conductor cable is ETL verified, manufactured to the highest quality standards, and exceeds all per-formance specifications for category 6 as defined in ANSI/TIA-568-C.2, ISO/IEC 11801 2nd Edition, CENELEC EN 50173-1, and CENELEC EN 50288. Cable is available in riser (UL CMR) version and supplied in "tangle-free" cartons of 305 m (1,000 ft). Cable is RoHS compliant per European Union Directive 2002/95/EC.
- Transmission performance exceeds standard category 6 requirements
- 1,000-foot "tangle-free" cartons
- Aluminum foil screen/tinned copper drain wire
ANSI/TIA/EIA-568-C.2: exceeds category 6 (1 - 250 MHz) component specifications
ISO/IEC 11801, CENELEC EN 50173: exceeds category 6 (1 - 250 MHz) component specifications
TYPICAL PERFORMANCE:
Impedance: 100 Ohm ± 15 % @ 1-100 MHz
Mutual capacitance: max 5.6 nf/100 m (328 ft)
Capacitance unbalance: max 330 pF
Nominal velocity of propagation: 60 %
Propagation delay skew: 45 ns/100 m (328 ft)
Frequency, MHz | Insertion Loss, dB/100 m (20 °C) max | NEXT, dB min | PSNEXT, dB min | RL, dB min | SRL, dB min | ELFEXT, dB min | PS-ELFEXT, dB min | ACR, dB/100 m (20 °C) min | PS-ACR, dB/100 m (20 °C) min |
1 | 2.0 | 74.3 | 72.3 | 20.0 | 23.0 | 67.8 | 64.8 | 70.3 | 72.3 |
4 | 3.8 | 65.3 | 63.3 | 23.0 | 23.0 | 55.8 | 52.8 | 59.5 | 61.5 |
10 | 6.0 | 59.3 | 57.3 | 25.0 | 23.0 | 47.8 | 44.8 | 51.3 | 53.3 |
16 | 7.6 | 56.2 | 54.3 | 25.0 | 23.0 | 43.7 | 40.7 | 46.6 | 48.6 |
20 | 8.5 | 54.8 | 52.8 | 25.0 | 23.0 | 41.8 | 38.8 | 44.3 | 46.3 |
31.25 | 10.7 | 51.9 | 49.9 | 23.6 | 21.1 | 37.9 | 34.9 | 39.2 | 41.2 |
62.5 | 15.4 | 47.4 | 45.4 | 21.5 | 18.0 | 31.9 | 28.9 | 30.0 | 32.0 |
100 | 19.8 | 44.3 | 42.3 | 20.1 | 16.0 | 27.8 | 24.8 | 22.5 | 24.5 |
200 | 29.0 | 39.8 | 37.8 | 18.0 | 14.0 | 21.8 | 18.8 | 8.8 | 10.8 |
250 | 32.8 | 38.3 | 36.3 | 17.3 | 13.0 | 19.8 | 16.8 | 3.5 | 5.5 |
CONDUCTOR:
Material bare copper
Size 23 AWG
Construction 1/0.570 ± 0.02 mm (1/0.0224 ± 0.001 in)
INSULATION:
Material PE
Diameter 1.1 ± 0.02 mm (0.04 ± 0.001 in)
Color coding blue/white-blue
orange/white-orange
green/white-green
brown/white-brown
CENTRAL ELEMENT: PE, cross-shaped
SHEATH:
Material PVC
Thickness min 0.47 mm (0.019 in)
Diameter 7.8 ± 0.3 mm (0.31 ± 0.01 in)
Color Gray RAL 7035
SCREEN:
PET tape 0.023 mm (0.0009 in) thickness
Aluminum/PET tape 0.025 mm (0.0010 in) thickness
Tinned copper drain wire 0.46 mm (0.018 in) diameter
Tensile strength > 400 N (90 lbf)
Minimum bend radius 25 mm (1 in)
ANSI/TIA/EIA-568-C.2, ISO/IEC 11801, CENELEC EN 50173-1, CENELEC EN 50288-5-1, IEC 61156-6, IEC 60332-1-2, UL 444, UL 1666
X.21, V.11, S0, ISDN, CSMA/CD 10BASE-T, 100BASE-TX, 100BASE-T4, 100BASE-T2, 1000BASE-T, 10GBASE-T, TR 4/16/100, 100BASE-VG, ATM LAN 25/51/155, TP-PMD
5-year limited component warranty
10-year Signamax Link/Channel Warranty
15-year Signamax Extended Component Warranty
25-year Signamax Cabling System Warranty