[time-nuts] Cables for Palisade/Acutime ?

[Julien Ridoux]

Hi Adam,

That may sound like a stupid reply, but using two cat5/6 cables to carry the 12 wires does work quite well for us in here.
That may be the cheapest option as well.

Cheers,
Julien


On 15/12/2009, at 11:16 AM, time-nuts-request at febo.com wrote:

> 
> From: Adam Feigin <awf at iis.ee.ethz.ch>
> Date: 15 December 2009 7:43:50 AM AEDT
> To: time-nuts at febo.com
> Subject: [time-nuts] Cables for Palisade/Acutime ?
> Reply-To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement <time-nuts at febo.com>
> 
> 
> Now that I've managed to get the connectors for the Trimble, I need to
> make some cables -- at first I thought I could use a single, outdoor
> rated Cat5/6 cable (gel/gas filled), but this is probably a bad idea, as
> you really want all 12 wires, so that you can get at both serial ports.
> For a 50Meter run of cable, does anyone have any suggestions (part
> nubers appreciated) for a outdoor cable at a reasonable price that one
> can easily get  (Manufacturer, Type, perhaps a Newark/Farnell product
> number ?)
> 
> TiA.