[HamWAN PSDR] 1/2" Outdoor UV Protected CAT 5e

[kd2iua.ham]

Is there a cat5e cable that includes a thick enough grounding conductor 
to handle faults? I've had to run thick ground wire next to it because 
lightning keeps jumping up between grounding points running up the side 
of hills and burning out the thin shields and I was thinking a thick 
coaxial-shield/armored direct burial cat5e cable (although expensive) 
would make thing easier vs running cable and grounds separately in conduit.

Just a thought,

Robert (kd2iua)

On 9/2/2019 12:26 AM, Jamie Hughes wrote:
>
> Nigel,
>
> The TC-Pro looks like it’s outdoor rated, but not so much tower use. 
> In some cases that I may go, I will be collocated with public safety 
> equipment and I know that the cable they will require must be tower 
> rated cable. I like this stuff, even at it’s price, since it can be 
> grounded just like coax at the required points of contact using 
> standard grounding kits provided by Times or Belden. I get it’s pricy, 
> but I’d rather be safe than sorry.
>
> Thanks,
>
> *Jamie Hughes*
>
> WA7JH
>
> Mobile: (360) 340-8886 <tel:+13603408886>
>
> *From:* PSDR <psdr-bounces at hamwan.org> *On Behalf Of * Nigel Vander Houwen
> *Sent:* Sunday, September 1, 2019 8:55 PM
> *To:* Puget Sound Data Ring <psdr at hamwan.org>
> *Subject:* Re: [HamWAN PSDR] 1/2" Outdoor UV Protected CAT 5e
>
> Ooof, that pricing is real rough. Unless there’s a real specific 
> circumstance, it’s pretty hard to justify a 50x+ cost increase for 
> some ethernet cable.
>
> Nigel
>
>
>
>     On Sep 1, 2019, at 20:18, Jamie Hughes <wa7jh at outlook.com
>     <mailto:wa7jh at outlook.com>> wrote:
>
>     All,
>
>     Please see attached data sheet. And I got an email with pricing:
>
>     Custom cuts are $10/ft but I can do a full 1000ft spool for $7500
>
>     Thanks,
>
>     *Jamie Hughes*
>
>     WA7JH
>
>     Mobile:(360) 340-8886 <tel:+13603408886>
>
>     *From:*PSDR <psdr-bounces at hamwan.org
>     <mailto:psdr-bounces at hamwan.org>>*On Behalf Of*Tim Osburn
>     *Sent:*Sunday, September 1, 2019 8:01 PM
>     *To:*Puget Sound Data Ring <psdr at hamwan.org <mailto:psdr at hamwan.org>>
>     *Subject:*Re: [HamWAN PSDR] 1/2" Outdoor UV Protected CAT 5e
>
>     Jamie,
>
>     You happen to know the cost per foot on that.
>
>         On Sep 1, 2019, at 4:53 PM, Jamie Hughes <wa7jh at outlook.com
>         <mailto:wa7jh at outlook.com>> wrote:
>
>         All,
>
>         I’m not sure what the current cable type and product is
>         running from tower mounted antennas to the equipment in the
>         site shelters, but check this product out. I came across this
>         Outdoor rated CAT5e cable designed to mount alongside coax on
>         a tower. It grounds like ½” coax. This is exciting things that
>         jumped out to me:
>
>          1. Mounts to towers using common coax rubber doughnut ½” mounts
>          2. Can be grounded just like coax to meet the requirements of
>             the site owner
>          3. Is Outdoor rated
>          4. Is UV rated
>
>         If interested, please see Tyler Booth, contact card attached.
>
>         Thanks,
>
>         *Jamie Hughes*
>
>         WA7JH
>
>         Mobile:(360) 340-8886 <tel:+13603408886>
>
>         <20190901_164356.jpg><Tyler
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