CAT5e Aerial Outdoor Cable 1000ft - Solid Copper UTP with Messenger, 24AWG

This is Cat5e for runs through the air: pole to pole, building to building, or from an eave out to a camera or wireless bridge on a mast. A galvanized steel messenger wire is bonded alongside the cable in a figure-8 profile, so the messenger carries the span and the cable just hangs there. Hang the messenger, and the copper never sees the load.

The jacket is UV-stabilized polyethylene, rated CMX for outdoor use, so it doesn't crack in sun or go brittle in cold. Underneath are 24 AWG solid bare copper conductors with HDPE insulation, rated for Gigabit Ethernet. It comes on a 1000 ft wooden spool with footage markings on the jacket.

Features

• Integrated steel messenger. A 2.6 mm galvanized steel strand carries the weight of the span, so the cable isn't stretched or fatigued by wind and ice loading.
• UV-stabilized polyethylene jacket. It holds up to years of direct sun, rain, and freeze-thaw, across a -40 °C to 60 °C operating range.
• CMX outdoor rating. The correct rating for exterior runs on buildings and poles.
• 24 AWG solid bare copper. Full-gauge solid conductors for the lowest loss over a full 100 m channel, and no copper-clad aluminum.
• Gigabit rated. It runs 10/100/1000 Mbps links, and 2.5GBase-T on equipment that supports it.
• HDPE insulation. Tight, consistent pair twists for crosstalk control.
• Sequential footage markings. Cut spans to length and track what's left on the spool.
• 1000 ft wooden spool. Standard TIA-568 pair colors inside for easy termination.

Where It Fits

It suits building-to-building links across a campus or yard, pole-mounted security cameras, outdoor access points and point-to-point wireless bridges, barns, shops, and outbuildings, and any span where the cable has to be in the open air rather than in conduit or buried.

Good to Know

Outdoor cable brings lightning and surge risk into the building with it. Put a gas-discharge Ethernet surge protector at each entry point, bonded to the building ground, and bond the messenger to ground at both ends. CMX cable is limited to 50 feet inside a building by the NEC, so transition to CM, CMR, or CMP cable at the entry. This cable isn't rated for direct burial; for underground runs, use a burial-rated cable or run it in conduit. To separate the messenger from the cable at the ends, slit the web between them with a knife and peel. Solid conductors are for permanent runs; terminate on jacks and patch panels, not crimped plugs.

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