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Stranded tinned copper wire insulated with polyethylene. Two insulated conductors twisted together to form a pair and four such pairs cabled to form the basic unit jacketed with flame-retardant PVC.
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Technical Data - Physical
Color Code
Pair-1
White/Blue
Blue
Conductor
24 AWG Stranded TC
Pair-2
White/Orange
Orange
Conductor diameter–in. (mm)
0.024
(0.61)
Pair-3
White/Green
Green
Insulated Conductor Diameter- in. (mm)
0.04
(1.02)
Pair-4
White/Brown
Brown
Cable diameter–in. (mm)
0.215
(5.5)
Nominal cable weight–lb./kft. (kg/km)
23
(34.5)
Temperature Rating
Max. installation tension–lb. (N)
25
(110)
Installation
0°C to +50°C
Min. bend radius–in. (mm)
1
(25.4)
Operation
-20°C to +75°C
Mutual Capacitance
5.6 nF/100 m nom.
DC resistance
9.09 Ohms/100 m max.
Skew
45 ns/100 m max.
Pair to ground Unbalance
330 pF/100 m max.
Velocity of Propagation
70% nom.
Input Impedance
100 ± 13% 0.772-100 MHz 100 ± [13+15log (F/100)] 100-350 MHz
DC Resistance Unbalance of a Pair
5% max.
FREQMHz
SRL(dB)
RL(dB)
IL(dB/100m)
PS-NEXT (dB)
NEXT(dB)
ACR (dB@100m)
PS-ACR(dB@100m)
ELFEXT(dB)
PS-ELFEXT(dB)
min.
max.
25.5
20.0
2.4
68.3
70.3
67.9
65.9
66.8
63.8
4
23.3
4.8
59.3
61.3
56.5
54.5
54.7
41.7
10
7.7
53.3
55.3
47.7
45.7
46.8
43.8
20
25.0
11.0
48.8
50.8
39.8
37.8
40.7
37.7
31.25
24.4
13.9
45.9
47.9
34
32.0
36.9
33.9
62.5
22.7
20.2
41.4
43.4
23.2
21.2
30.8
27.8
100
21.5
21.1
26.1
38.3
40.3
14.2
12.2
26.8
23.8
200
19.8
38.5
33.8
35.8
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20.7
17.7
300
18.8
48.6
31.2
33.2
17.2
15.8
350
18.4
30.2
32.2
15.9
12.9
400
18.1
57.6
29.3
31.3
14.7
11.7
450
17.8
61.8
28.5
30.5
13.7
10.7
