CAT 7 Double Shielded Patch Cable

YV5WZ

Fixing my Quiet Noise Station, I'm looking for change my stock CAT cable (original from Flex) , I think is CAT 5....and upgrading  to CAT 7 Shielded to avoid RF plus take my PC away from my Shack.....around 5ft away....

I read some where that STP or SSTP stock cables are good and the shield is interrupted cut off and add a non-shielded connector, someone reccomended to purchase some plastic female-female couplers ...I wonder if I have to buy 2 female-female couplers and  3 sets of CAT 7cables (one to radio and one to PC..or if it is one female-female coupler and 2 set of CAT7 just to go into PC

thanks

George, YV5WZ / PY3ZZZ

James Del Principe

George, CAT 5 or 5e is more than enough and is good for 100 Meters or 328 feet.     When I left my company, we were using CAT 6 for video work over ethernet.    CAT is really overkill and a needless expense. If you use STP and then use non-grounding connectors, where is the advantage?    73, Jim

WA2SQQ

Are you really getting noise from your network connection? I've done a lot of testing and never found any noise related to my Internet connection.

N9VC

I may be off base here, but I think the Hardware manual of the Flex 6XXX
says to avoid the use of shielded cat cable. It can introduce noise. It's
on 8.4.1 of the hardware manual.

73, Jim N9VC

KY6LA_Howard

STP Is OK as long as you break the shield on ONE end with a Female to Female connector Shielding does help mitigate noise as long as you break the shield at one end to prevent ground loops

KY6LA_Howard

You break the shield at one end to prevent ground loops

KY6LA_Howard

Shielding does help

N9VC

OK, I was just posting what the manufacturer recommended.

73, Jim N9VC

Stan VA7NF

Some switches put common mode noise on the cable.  Yesterday I added some beads on an Ethernet microwave extender (on the building/switch side) - Reduced the 20M noise by 20db (while antenna raised), more when lowered.

The equipment, on the cable side with shield connection, must be properly grounded so the noise is not placed on the shield

YV5WZ

Hey Robert...thanks for your question....I'm just gonna move my PC away from my Shack, need a longer cable to connect my flex, and looking  for pro an cons CAT 5 vs CAT 7 / Shielded  vs Non Shielded ....all to get a quiet noise station  following advises

Greetings

George 

YV5WZ

Thank you Howard!!!  Thumb up

KY6LA_Howard

Cat 5 vs Cat 7 Cat 7 is rated at higher speed than Cat 5. But if you are only running 100Mb/s. cat5 is ok Shielded will keep the common mode noise down

James Del Principe

Not if it isn't grounded and besides, Cat 7 really is overkill.

KY6LA_Howard

You ground ONE side of the cable and use a non grounding F-F Coupler to remove the ground from the second side to eliminate ground loops.

Jay Nation

All

STP == Belt & Suspenders approach.

The TP in STP stands for twisted pair.

Twisted Pair == Suspenders
Twisted pair itself rejects common mode noise.

Sheilded == Belt approach.

The S in STP stands for sheilded.

The Shield if properly grounded, will send common mode noise to ground, before it can reach the twisted pair. The path to ground for the shield should be on the side opposite the equipment your trying protect from the common noise. But the equipment opposite will need to be grounded, otherwise the common noise carrying shield will now wrap the twisted pair rather tightly with the common noise your trying to eliminate.

The Suspenders alone ought to keep your pants up. 
The Belt alone ought to keep your pants up, too.

The Belt & Suspenders approach might be necessary when your carrying a lot of heavy junk around in your pockets.  

If all else fails try Superglue, Or, follow the guidance these HelpDesk articles provide.

https://helpdesk.flexradio.com/hc/en-us/articles/204779159-Grounding-Systems-in-the-Ham-Shack-Paradigms-Facts-and-Fallacies

https://helpdesk.flexradio.com/hc/en-us/articles/202274599-How-to-Build-a-Quiet-Station-for-Better-Reception

Nothing wrong with Belt & Suspenders! 

 SDRgadgets

73, Jay - NO5J

Peter K1PGV

If you're gonna spend the money on CAT 7 STP, why not just go for a fiber optic cable connection? Just sayin... Peter K1PGV

YV5WZ

Thanks Peter for your advise, it is just for connect my flex 6300 to my PC .  I'm taking my PC away from Shack around 7-10 feet.....however I will look Fiber optic just for fun

Greetings


George, YV5WZ /  PY3ZZZ

Corey/ KC0YNS

Closer look, Here you go......This is for the two pack....69.00  plus the few dollar cable....Worth the money spent.... 

 10/100/1000Base-FX (SC) MultiMode to 10/100/1000Base-TX Gigabit 850nm Media Converter Kit (2pcs/pack)

Plus the advantage of Lighting protection, At least from incoming through your computer....That's my reason behind it, For remote use.
Good Luck, KC0YNS   

Peter K1PGV

You use one of these? $70 for the pair is a bargain, if the darn things work. Peter K1PGV

Corey/ KC0YNS

Peter, Yes both myself and AA0KM who owns a 6500 have used a pair of these and they worked great.

Peter K1PGV

I think I'll pick a pair up for myself then.

Thanks much.

VY 73 de K1PGV

YV5WZ

Corey 
do you have a picture from your shack ?
what brand did you buy?

Greetings


George, YV5WZ / PY3ZZZ

Corey/ KC0YNS

http://www.pimfg.com/Product-Detail/MC-SC-1000K-13

Hope this helps....The price is for the pair....69.00

Picture wont show much because they are fairly small,  2 box's with blinking lights. My set up is using two 12 inch cat 6 cables with the metal shield on the rj45 jacks removed. one goes from the media box to the 24 port switch the other media box to the Flex 6300 with a 5 ft fiber cable between them make sure you order the correct fiber cable in the length you want.. 

  http://www.pimfg.com/Product-Detail/SC-SC-3M

YV5WZ

Thanks Corey....Your advises have been wonderful...I really like all concept, so I will copy it!!  ;-)

23 Ft fiber cable is the only difference I think

Is easy to remove the metal shield on the RJ45? 

Thanks

George, YV5WZ / PY3ZZZ

YV5WZ

Hey Pete 

I will go for fiber optic

;-)

George

Corey/ KC0YNS

Yes, Very easy... Good luck