Product Number: SMART6A

Category 6A Unbonded – PVC Jacket

26 AWG solid bare copper conductors, non-plenum, Polyolefin insulation, twisted pairs, central spline, overall cabling PET tape, Separation tape, CM, PVC jacket.

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Suitable Applications

Horizontal and building backbone Cable. Support current and future category 6 and 6A applications: such as 10GBase-T (10 Gigabit Ethernet), 1000Base-T (Gigabit Ethernet), 100Base-T, 10Base-T, ISDN, ATM as well as PoE application etc.

Conductor

Size Stranding Stranding Class Material No. of Pairs No. of Elements
26 AWG Solid Class 1 BC - Bare Copper 4 8

Insulation

Material Nom. Insulation Diameter
PO - Polyolefin 0.83 mm (0.033 in)

Table Notes

All Cores laid up together with Central Spline fillers & wrapped with Seperator tape + PET Tape.

Outer Jacket

Material
PVC - Polyvinyl Chloride

Overall Cable Diameter (Nominal)

5.7 mm (0.22 in)

Electricals

Max. Conductor DCR
148 Ohm/km @ 20 Deg. C

Table Notes

The utilization of 26 AWG conductor which does not meet the 24 to 22 AWG conductor size of horizontal cable in ANSI/TIA-568.2-D, resulting in increased attenuation which derates the maximum permanent link of the cable to 60 meters.

Delay

Max. Delay Skew Nom. Velocity of Prop.
44 ns/60m 67%

High Frequency

Frequency [MHz] Max. Insertion Loss (Attenuation) Min. NEXT [dB] Min. PSNEXT [dB] Min. ACRF (ELFEXT) [dB] Min. PSACRF (PSELFEXT) [dB] Min. RL (Return Loss) [dB]
1 1.9 dB/60m 65 62 64.2 61.2 19.1
4 3.5 dB/60m 64.1 61.8 52.1 49.1 21
8 5.0 dB/60m 59.4 57 46.1 43.1 21
10 5.5 dB/60m 57.8 55.5 44.2 41.2 21
16 7.0 dB/60m 54.6 52.2 40.1 37.1 20
20 7.8 dB/60m 53.1 50.7 38.2 35.2 19.5
25 8.8 dB/60m 51.5 49.1 36.2 33.2 19
31.25 9.8 dB/60m 50 47.5 34.3 31.3 18.5
100 18.8 dB/60m 41.8 39.3 24.2 21.1 14
200 26.1 dB/60m 36.9 34.3 18.2 15.2 11
250 29.5 dB/60m 35.3 32.7 16.2 13.2 10
300 32.7 dB/60m 34 31.4 14.6 11.6 9.2
400 38.4 dB/60m 29.9 27.1 12.1 9.1 8
500 43.8 dB/60m 26.7 23.8 10.2 7.2 8

Voltage

Voltage Rating Breakdown Voltage
72 V DC 2.5 kV DC for 2 Sec.

Temperature

Operating Storage
-20°C to + 75°C -20°C to + 60°C

Bend Radius

Installation Min.
45 mm (1.8 in)

Max. Pull Tension

110 N (25 lbf)

Bulk Cable Weight

29 kg/km (19 lbs/1000ft)

Environmental Suitability

Indoor

Flammability / Reaction to Fire

UL1685

NEC / UL Compliance

CM

CEC / C(UL) Compliance

CM

Data Category

Category 6A

TIA/EIA Compliance

ANSI/TIA 568.2-D

ISO/IEC Compliance

IEC 61156-5, ISO/IEC 11801

European Directive Compliance

EU Directive 2011/65/EU (RoHS 2)

APAC Compliance

China RoHS II (GB/T 26572-2011)

Update and Revision

Revision Number: 0.14 Revision Date: 05-15-2025

Update and Revision

Revision Number: 0.14 Revision Date: 05-15-2025

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