Overview

Category 6 4-pair solid conductor cable is ETL verified, manufactured to the highest quality standards, and exceeds all performance specifications for category 6 as defined in ANSI/TIA-568-C.2, ISO/IEC 11801 2nd Edition, CENELEC EN 50173-1, and CENELEC EN 50288. Cable is available in plenum (UL CMP) and riser (UL CMR) versions and is supplied in "tangle-free" cartons of 305 m (1,000 ft). Cable is available in a variety of popular colors. Cable is RoHS compliant per European Union Directive 2002/95/EC.

Key Features

• Transmission performance exceeds standard category 6 requirements
• 1,000-foot "tangle-free" cartons
• Available in four colors

Specifications

• TRANSMISSION PERFORMANCE

ANSI/TIA/EIA-568-C.2: exceeds category 6 (1 - 250 MHz) component specifications
ISO/IEC 11801, CENELEC EN 50173: exceeds category 6 (1 - 250 MHz) component specifications
TYPICAL PERFORMANCE:
Impedance: 125 Ohm ? 20 % @ 64 kHz
100 Ohm ? 15 % @ 1-255 MHz

Frequency, MHz	Insertion Loss, dB/100 m (20 ?C) max	NEXT Loss, dB min	PSNEXT Loss, dB min
1	?	66.0	64.0
4	3.8	65.3	63.3
10	6.0	59.3	57.3
16	7.6	56.2	54.2
20	8.5	54.8	52.8
31.25	10.7	51.9	49.9
62.5	15.5	47.4	45.4
100	19.9	44.3	42.3
150	25.3	41.4	39.4
200	29.2	39.8	37.8
250	33.0	38.3	36.3

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• CONSTRUCTION

CONDUCTOR:
Material bare copper
Size 23 AWG
Construction 1/0.560 ? 0.02 mm (1/0.0221 ? 0.001 in)
INSULATION:
Material FR-HDPE
Thickness max average: 0.24 mm (0.010 in),
min at any point: 0.18 mm (0.007 in)
Diameter 1.04 ? 0.06 mm (0.041 ? 0.002 in)
Color coding blue/white-blue
orange/white-orange
green/white-green
brown/white-brown
Elongation min 300 %
Tensile strength min 1.682 kg/mm2 (0.0058 psi)
SHEATH:
Material CMR PVC
Thickness average: 0.50 mm (0.020 in), min at any point: 0.40 mm (0.016 in)
Diameter 6.3 ? 0.3 mm (0.25 ? 0.01 in)
Color 7 standard colors (see ORDERING INFORMATION)
Elongation min 100 %
Tensile strength min 1.407 kg/mm2 (0.005 psi)
Aging at 100?C for 168 hrs min elongation retention: 50 %, min tensile strength retention: 75 %

• MECHANICAL

Tensile strength > 400 N (90 lbf)
Minimum bend radius 25 mm (1 in)

• ELECTRICAL

Spark test 2,000 ? 250 Vac
Dielectric strength 2,500 Vdc / 3 seconds
Insulation resistance min 150 MOhm/km (46 MOhm/kft)
Conductor resistance max 9.38 Ohm / 100 m (328 ft) @ 20 ?C
Resistance unbalance max 2 %
Capacitance unbalance max 160 pF / 100 m (328 ft)
Mutual capacitance max 5,600 pF / 100 m (328 ft)

• COMPLIANCE

ANSI/TIA/EIA-568-C.2, ISO/IEC 11801, CENELEC EN 50173-1, CENELEC EN 50288-5-1, IEC 61156-6, IEC 60332-1-2, UL 444, UL 1666

• APPLICATIONS

X.21, V.11, S0, ISDN, CSMA/CD 10BASE-T, 100BASE-TX, 100BASE-T4, 100BASE-T2, 1000BASE-T, 10GBASE-T (up to 55 m),
TR 4/16/100, 100BASE-VG, ATM LAN 25/51/155, TP-PMD

• WARRANTY

5-year limited component warranty
10-year Signamax Link/Channel Warranty

Downloads

Download?Datasheet (PDF 194 Kb) Revised 08.01.2009

Ordering Information

Part Number	Description
BC6-4P-BU	Category 6, 4-Pair, 23 AWG Solid Unscreened (UTP) Cable, CMP, Blue
BC6-4P-GY	Category 6, 4-Pair, 23 AWG Solid Unscreened (UTP) Cable, CMP, Gray
BC6-4P-WH	Category 6, 4-Pair, 23 AWG Solid Unscreened (UTP) Cable, CMP, White
BC6-4P-YE	Category 6, 4-Pair, 23 AWG Solid Unscreened (UTP) Cable, CMP, Yellow
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BC6-4BU	Category 6, 4-Pair, 23 AWG Solid Unscreened (UTP) Cable, CMR (PVC), Blue
BC6-4GY	Category 6, 4-Pair, 23 AWG Solid Unscreened (UTP) Cable, CMR (PVC), Gray
BC6-4WH	Category 6, 4-Pair, 23 AWG Solid Unscreened (UTP) Cable, CMR (PVC), White
BC6-4YE	Category 6, 4-Pair, 23 AWG Solid Unscreened (UTP) Cable, CMR (PVC), Yellow
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BC6M-4BU	Category 6, 4-Pair, 23 AWG Solid Unscreened (UTP) Cable, CM (PVC), Blue
BC6M-4GY	Category 6, 4-Pair, 23 AWG Solid Unscreened (UTP) Cable, CM (PVC), Gray
BC6M-4WH	Category 6, 4-Pair, 23 AWG Solid Unscreened (UTP) Cable, CM (PVC), White
BC6M-4YE	Category 6, 4-Pair, 23 AWG Solid Unscreened (UTP) Cable, CM (PVC), Yellow

Cable is available for customers outside the U.S. only.

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