2148A

Category 6A Indoor/Outdoor Cable, 4 Pair, U/UTP, CMR/CMX

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Category 6A Enhanced Premise Horizontal Cable (625MHz), Indoor/Outdoor, 4 Pair, 23 AWG Solid Bare Copper Conductors, U/UTP, Riser-CMR/CMX Outdoor, PVC Jacket
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Specifications
Product Overview

Suitable Applications

Indoor/Outdoor, Premise Horizontal Cable, Ethernet up to 10GBASE-T, Wi-Fi 6, Wi-Fi 5, PoE++, PoE+, PoE, HDBaseT

Patent

This product has one or more applicable patents. More information on patents can be found at https://www.belden.com/patents.

Construction Details
Conductor
Size Stranding Material No. of Pairs
23 AWG Solid BC - Bare Copper 4
Insulation
Material Color Code
PO - Polyolefin White & Blue, White & Orange, White & Green, White & Brown
Outer Jacket
Separator Material Nom. Diameter Ripcord
Center Member (Patented EquiSpline®), EquiBlock™ Barrier Technology PVC - Polyvinyl Chloride 0.300 in (7.62 mm) Yes

Overall Cable Diameter (Nominal)

0.300 in (7.62 mm)

Electrical Characteristics
Electricals
Max. Conductor DCR Max. Capacitance Unbalance
82 Ohm/km (25 Ohm/1000ft) 45 pF/100m
Delay
Frequency Max. Delay Max. Delay Skew Nom. Velocity of Prop.
100 MHz 537.6 ns/100m 45 ns/100m 65%
High Frequency
Frequency [MHz] Max. Insertion Loss (Attenuation) Min. NEXT [dB] Min. PSNEXT [dB] Min. PSACR [dB] Min. PSACRF (PSELFEXT) [dB] Min. RL (Return Loss) [dB] Max./Min. Input Impedance (unFitted) [Ohm] Min. PSANEXT [dB] Min. PSAACRF [dB] Min. TCL [dB] Min. ELTCTL [dB]
1 2.1 dB/100m 75.3 75.3 73.2 74.8 20.0 100 +/-15 77.0 77.0 40.0 35.0
4 3.8 dB/100m 66.3 66.3 62.5 62.8 23.0 100 +/-15 77.0 76.2 40.0 23.0
8 5.3 dB/100m 61.8 61.8 56.4 56.7 24.5 100 +/-15 77.0 70.1 40.0 16.9
10 5.9 dB/100m 60.3 60.3 54.4 54.8 25.0 100 +/-15 77.0 68.2 40.0 15.0
16 7.5 dB/100m 57.2 57.2 49.8 50.7 25.0 100 +/-15 77.0 64.1 38.0 10.9
20 8.4 dB/100m 55.8 55.8 47.4 48.8 25.0 100 +/-15 77.0 62.2 37.0 9.0
25 9.4 dB/100m 54.3 54.3 45.0 46.8 24.3 100 +/-15 77.0 60.2 36.0 7.0
31.25 10.5 dB/100m 52.9 52.9 42.4 44.9 23.6 100 +/-15 78.1 58.3 35.1 5.1
62.5 15.0 dB/100m 48.4 48.4 33.4 38.9 21.5 100 +/-15 73.6 52.3 32.0
100 19.1 dB/100m 45.3 45.3 26.2 34.8 20.1 100 +/-15 70.5 48.2 30.0
200 27.6 dB/100m 40.8 40.8 13.2 28.8 18.7 100 +/-15 66.0 42.2 27.0
250 31.1 dB/100m 39.3 39.3 8.3 26.8 18.0 100 +/-15 64.5 40.2 26.0
300 34.3 dB/100m 38.1 38.1 3.9 25.3 17.5 100 +/-32 63.3 38.7 25.2
350 37.2 dB/100m 37.1 37.1 23.9 17.0 100 +/-32 62.3 37.3 24.6
400 40.1 dB/100m 36.3 36.3 22.8 16.6 100 +/-32 61.5 36.2 24.0
450 42.7 dB/100m 35.5 35.5 21.7 16.2 100 +/-32 60.7 35.1 23.5
500 45.3 dB/100m 34.8 34.8 20.8 15.9 100 +/-32 60.0 34.2 23.0
550 47.7 dB/100m 33.2 31.2 20.0 15.6 100 +/-32 59.4 33.4 22.6
600 50.1 dB/100m 32.6 30.6 19.2 15.4 100 +/-32 58.8 32.6 22.2
625 51.2 dB/100m 32.4 30.4 18.9 15.2 100 +/-32 58.6 32.3 22.0
750 56.7 dB/100m 31.2 29.2 17.3 14.7 100 +/-32 57.4 30.7 21.2
860 61.2 dB/100m 30.3 28.3 16.1 14.3 100 +/-32 56.5 29.5 20.7
Voltage
UL Voltage Rating
300 V (CMR), 300 V (CMX-Outdoor)
Mechanical Characteristics
Temperature
UL Temperature Operating Installation Storage
90°C -40°C To +75°C -20°C To +75°C -40°C To +75°C
Bend Radius
Stationary Min. Installation Min.
2.5 in (64 mm) 3.0 in (76 mm)

Max. Pull Tension

25 lbs (11 kg)

Bulk Cable Weight

41 lbs/1000ft

Standards and Compliance

Environmental Suitability

Indoor/Outdoor, Indoor, Outdoor, Sunlight Resistance, Aerial - When supported by messenger wire

Flammability / Reaction to Fire

UL 1666 Riser, FT4, IEEE 1202 Vertical Tray Flame Test, IEC 60332-1-2

CPR Compliance

CPR Euroclass: Eca; CPR UKCA Class: Eca

NEC / UL Compliance

Article 800, CMR, CMX-Outdoor

CEC / C(UL) Compliance

CMX-Outdoor

ICEA Compliance

S-116-732, S-56-434, S-99-689, S-100-685

IEEE Compliance

IEEE 802.3bt Type 1, Type 2, Type 3, Type 4

NEMA Compliance

ANSI/NEMA WC-66

Data Category

Category 6A

TIA/EIA Compliance

ANSI/TIA-568.2-D Category 6A

ISO/IEC Compliance

ISO/IEC 11801-1, IEC 61156-5

CENELEC Compliance

Segregation class according EN50174-2 = a

European Directive Compliance

EU CE Mark, EU Directive 2015/863/EU (RoHS 2 amendment), REACH, EU Directive 2011/65/EU (RoHS 2), EU Directive 2012/19/EU (WEEE), REACH: 2020-01-16

UK Regulation Compliance

UKCA Mark

APAC Compliance

China RoHS II (GB/T 26572-2011)

Plenum Number

10GX13 / 10GX33 / 10GXS13 / 10GXS33

Non-Plenum Number

10GX12 / 10GX32 / 10GXS12 / 10GXS32

Product Notes

Notes

Electrical values are expected performance based on cable testing and representative performance within a typical Belden system. Values above 625 MHz are for Engineering Information Only. Print Includes Descending Footage/Meter Markings from Max. Put-Up Length to 0.

History

Update and Revision

Revision Number: 0.416 Revision Date: 12-12-2023

Part Numbers
Item # Color UPC
2148A 0101000 Black 612825379430