At the multi-FM broadcast transmitter site I work at ALL my network wiring is shielded cat5 or shielded cat6. I have never experienced some of the strange networking problems related to interference that I occasionally hear others complain about.
At my studio I had a problem a couple years ago where a server was locking up on the NIC plus a few other problems and it was a 1GB network for the backbone. I replace the UTP-cat5 with shielded cat5 and all the problems went away. ------ Original Message ------ Received: Sat, 27 Feb 2010 07:55:38 PM PST From: "John J. Riddell" <ve3...@earthlink.net> To: <Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com> Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: LOOONG audio runs > Skipp, yes you can get shielded Cat 5. I've used it a few times when > running near > AC fixtures etc. > > 73 John VE3AMZ > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "skipp025" <skipp...@yahoo.com> > To: <Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com> > Sent: Saturday, February 27, 2010 10:43 PM > Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Re: LOOONG audio runs > > > >> Joe <k1ike_m...@...> wrote: > >> I wonder if CAT 6 would be better than CAT5 due to the > >> difference in twist? > >> Joe > > > > A number of different items in the specifications would be > > worth examining... like how much C per foot and I don't > > believe "CAT" network cables are shielded. > > > > s. > > > >> > Oz, in DFW wrote: > >> > Make sure you use twisted pair. Station wire like that use to wire > >> > houses is often not twisted. Ethernet cable is good and has a high > >> > twist pitch - better for this application. > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > >
