[TowerTalk] network cable outdoors

[nx5m at txcyber.com]

I know where there are several 1000 foot spools of outdoor type network
cable.  I have hundereds of feet of this stuff in service at my station. 
Some buried, some not, but even the buried stuff of 7 years looks almost
new.
I do not know how many are left but if you are interested contact me
directly and I will give you the contact info.

Bob


> This is a little late, but I discovered the message sitting in the spam
> filter at my ISP.
>
>
>>I just saw an item in the ARRL Contest Rate Sheet recommending a couple
>> of
>> URLs on this subject.  Both say that ordinary indoor network cable will
>> deteriorate quickly outdoors.
>>
>> That's probably true for fast data, but I have been using both
>> 4-conductor
>
> I have several types of CAT5e cable I use. The pink stuff is used indoors
> or
> in conduit, but I have a run of the white that is much more flexible tht
> just lays on the ground between the garage and shop.  It's been there for
> over 2 years with no problems so far and that is a gigabit network, not
> 100
> baseT. OTOH my primary network cable to the shop runs through PVC conduit
> underground and the older white cable is going to be relegated to serving
> as
> a telephone line with lots of extra wires.
>
>> indoor telephone cable and 8-conductor indoor CAT3 networking cable for
>> connections between my shack and my tower some 200 feet away for the
>> last
>> 7-8 years.  I control two TopTen 6-way relay boxes, an array of A/B
>> selectors, and a homebrew 80m array switchbox through these cables.  I
>> had
>> to boost the shack-end voltage to about 14 volts to get reliable relay
>> switching at the tower end, but in terms of reliability I'm quite
>
> I use rotator cable for these jobs. It's certainly overkill and something
> I
> had to pay money for while the CAT5e cable was free. I find the network
> cable is just too fragile with the small wires. Either that or I'm too
> heavy
> handed with the stuff.
>
> BTW I purchased a 1000 foot spool of rotator cable when I put up the tower
> which was well before the price went up. <:-))
>
> 73
>
> Roger (K8RI)
>
>
> <snip>>
>> 73, Pete N4ZR
>
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