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UTP Category 6 Installation Cable
Signamax Category 6 unshielded installation cable is designed to provide the highest level of transmission
performance to meet the needs of today's most advanced voice and data networks. Category 6 cables
support 10Base-T through 1000Base-T/TX protocols for data rates up to 1 Gb/s and exceed the
requirements of TIA/EIA-568-B.2-1, ISO 11801:2002 and EN 50173-1 standards. The Signamax Category 6
cable conductor is AWG 23 bare copper wire with high density polyethylene insulation. The non-metallic
cross separator inside the cable ensures the best crosstalk elimination between
individual pairs.
UTP Category 6 Installation Cable
PART NO. DESCRIPTION
BC6-4 Category 6 UTP Installation Cable, 500 m reels, PVC
Mechanical Properties
Bending radius > 20 mm without load
> 40 mm with load
Temperature range, during operation -20° up to +60°C
during installation 0° up to +50°C
Construction
Conductor bare copper wire O 0.56 mm (AWG23)
Insulation Polyethylene, O 1.0 mm
Twisting 2 cores to the pair
Sheath non metallic cross separator (spline) PVC
Electrical Properties (at 20°C ± 5°C)
DC loop resistance ≤ 176
Ω
/km
Resistance unbalance ≤ 2%
Insulation resistance (500 V) > 5,000 M
Ω
*km
Capacitance at 800 Hz nom. 48 nF/km
Capacitance unbalance ≤ 1,500 pF/km
(pair to ground)
Characteristic impedance (1-100 MHz) (100 ± 15)
Ω
Characteristic impedance (1-100 MHz) (100 ± 15)
Ω
(1-100 MHz) (100 ± 22)
Ω
Nominal velocity of propagation approx. 67%
Propagation delay ≤ 535 ns/100 m
Delay skew ≤ 20 ns/100 m
Test voltage (DC, 1 min)
Core/Core and Core/Screen 1,000 V
Product code Outer diameter Fire load Weight Copper content Tensile force
mm MJ/km kWh/m kg/km kg/km N
BC6-4 6.2 329 0.091 39 18 80
Technical Data
f Attenuation NEXT ACR Return loss
(MHz) (dB/100 m) (dB) (dB/100 m) (dB)
max. nom. min. nom. min. nom. min.
1 2 2 74 90 71.8 88 23
4 3.8 3.8 65 89 61.2 85.2 23
10 6 6 59 89 53 82.8 23
16 7.6 7.6 56 86 48.4 78.1 23
20 8.5 8.5 55 84 46.5 75.8 23
31.2 10.7 10.7 52 81 41.3 70.7 23
62.5 15.5 15.1 47 77 31.5 61.8 23
100 19.9 19.1 44 74 24.1 54.7 23
125 22.5 21.3 43 72 20.5 51 21
155.5 25.4 23.8 42 71 16.6 47.1 21
175 27.1 25.3 41 70 13.9 44.9 21
200 29.2 27 40 69 10.8 42.3 21
250 33 32.6 38 68 5 35.2 19
Transmission characteristics acc. to CAT 6 (at 20°C)
Halogen free cable available on request.
BC6-4