I just ran a 50 meter Cat 6 shielded cable to extend Ethernet from my main cable decoder/router to a secondary wireless router at the far end of my property (so I could have a Wi-Fi hotspot near my ham shack and RV parking pad). The cost was about $35 from Amazon. The cable included tin-plated steel shielded connectors with “anti-snag” hoods (little silicon rubber boots that partially enclose the little connector locking tabs, so that the tabs don’t snag when being pulled through conduit). The cables are a pretty blue, and my data rate is the maximum afforded by the routers. As far as I can tell, the cost was quite reasonable for good quality cables, and I’m not having any cross-talk or coupling issues.
Ed Price WB6WSN Chula Vista, CA USA From: Bill Owsley [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, March 08, 2013 7:11 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [PSES] Cat5e or Cat6 in emissions test I'd start with the Cat5e and if there are problems, try the others. The percentage for a solution is low. If there is a problem, it comes from the circuit and not the cable, which can be used to mask the problem. The test report would need to specify just what cables were needed to pass. If the manufacturer requires a certain tyoe of cable in the manual, then use that. _____ From: Chuck McDowell <[email protected]> To: 'EMC PSTC' <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, December 28, 2012 7:19 PM Subject: Cat5e or Cat6 in emissions test Greetings from Berkeley, I’m gearing-up for another fun year of testing Radiated Emissions 30MHz-2GHz. Does anyone have opinions on using Cat5e, Cat5e Shielded, or Cat6 for Ethernet ports for audio streaming, monitoring via proprietary control software. Thank you, Chuck McDowell NOTICE: This email may contain confidential information. Please see http://www.meyersound.com/confidential/ for our complete policy. - ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to <[email protected]> All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieee-pses.org/emc-pstc.html Attachments are not permitted but the IEEE PSES Online Communities site at http://product-compliance.oc.ieee.org/ can be used for graphics (in well-used formats), large files, etc. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/request/user-guide.html List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas <[email protected]> Mike Cantwell <[email protected]> For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher <[email protected]> David Heald <[email protected]> - ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to <[email protected]> All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieee-pses.org/emc-pstc.html Attachments are not permitted but the IEEE PSES Online Communities site at http://product-compliance.oc.ieee.org/ can be used for graphics (in well-used formats), large files, etc. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/request/user-guide.html List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas <[email protected]> Mike Cantwell <[email protected]> For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher <[email protected]> David Heald <[email protected]> - ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to <[email protected]> All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieee-pses.org/emc-pstc.html Attachments are not permitted but the IEEE PSES Online Communities site at http://product-compliance.oc.ieee.org/ can be used for graphics (in well-used formats), large files, etc. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/request/user-guide.html List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas <[email protected]> Mike Cantwell <[email protected]> For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: <[email protected]> David Heald: <[email protected]>
