RG6 Dual Shield Cable CMR with Messenger - 18 AWG CCS Aerial, 1000ft Black

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This is RG6 for the run between a pole and a house, a rooftop and a building, or two buildings across a yard, with a galvanized steel messenger wire bonded alongside it to carry the weight of the span. The messenger takes the tension, the coax hangs from it, and there's no separate strand to lash. The cable itself is standard aerial-drop RG6: an 18 AWG copper-clad steel center conductor in foam polyethylene, a bonded aluminum foil and a 60% aluminum braid, rated to 3 GHz for cable TV, satellite, and broadband. The flame-retardant PVC jacket is UV stabilized for the years it'll spend in the sun, and it's CMR riser rated, so the same cable can continue from the entry point up a riser without a splice.

It comes on a 1000 ft wooden spool.

Features

• Integrated galvanized steel messenger. A support strand joined to the coax by a web, so an aerial span is anchored at each end and tensioned on the messenger, with no lashing wire or separate strand.
• 18 AWG copper-clad steel center conductor. The standard RG6 conductor for RF drops: the steel core adds pull and span strength and the copper skin carries the signal.
• Dual shield. 100% coverage bonded aluminum foil plus a 60% aluminum braid, the standard construction for CATV and satellite drops.
• 75 Ω, rated to 3 GHz. Covers cable TV and DOCSIS to 1.2 GHz, satellite IF to 2.15 GHz, and MoCA to 1.675 GHz.
• UV-stabilized flame-retardant PVC jacket. Made for long-term sun exposure on an aerial span.
• CMR riser rated. Listed for riser runs between floors and general in-wall use, so the drop can carry on into the building.
• Foam polyethylene dielectric. Low loss and stable impedance over the whole band.
• 1000 ft wooden spool. Put it on a spool stand and it pays out cleanly.

Where It Fits

It suits aerial CATV and broadband service drops from a pole to a house or business, satellite and antenna feeds from a rooftop mast to the building, building-to-building spans across a yard or parking lot, pole-mounted distribution in campuses, RV parks, and marinas, and any overhead coax run that has to support its own weight between two anchor points.

Good to Know

Tension the messenger, not the coax: clamp the strand at each end with drop-wire clamps or P-hooks, leave enough sag that the span isn't bar-tight in winter, and let the coax hang. Where the cable enters the building, bond the messenger and the coax shield to the electrical service ground through a grounding block, as the NEC requires for anything coming in from outside, and leave a drip loop so water runs off before the entry point. Copper-clad steel is the standard conductor for RF drops and works with every satellite and cable box, but if the run has to carry DC to a powered amplifier or LNB over a long distance, a solid-copper RG6 has lower resistance. Use compression F connectors sized for RG6 dual shield. If the span shares a pole line with power or runs past rooftop transmitters, the quad-shield messenger cable has the extra shielding for it. Keep the bend radius above 3 inches and the pulling tension under 110 lb. The messenger is separated from the coax by slitting the web back a few inches at each end; don't nick the jacket doing it.

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