[Elecraft] slightly OT -- acceptable network switch (aka Linksysproduces birdies)

[Kevin Stover]

I have seen some cheap "CAT5/6" jumper cables designed to hook the 
network device to the jack in the wall, that were purchased on E-Bay. 
Nuff said. I suspect they were made with stranded conductor wire which 
is NOT spec. They were just a little too flexible.

Cable made by Anixter, Avaya, and Belden are top notch, Anixter tests 
every batch for compliance with the applicable RFC. I'll bet Avaya and 
Belden do too. Problem is you've got to buy 1,000'.


On 2/6/2016 11:01 PM, Clay Autery wrote:
> ALL Cat-5 and CAT-5e is 4-pair wire.   All Cat-5 wires are NOT alike...
> Just like NOT all HF+6 radios are alike...  Buy "Elecraft" quality
> CAT-5e cables, and you shouldn't have to worry about it.  Unless you're
> worried about signal leakage arounf or above the design frequency of
> near about 300 MHz.
>
> If y'all really want to know the concrete vs. spec diffs in Cat-5e to
> CAT-6, again... I will outline them to you...
>
> Cannot imagine what kind of wire you think was 2-pair and Cat-5....
> Only POTS wire is usally seen as 2 pair... and I'm pretty sure it is not
> twisted pair...  Even CAT-3 is 3-pair...
>
> Whatever works for you, though.
>
> ______________________
> Clay Autery
>


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R. Kevin Stover
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