Category 5e OSP Cable, 4 Pair, U/UTP, Burial, Gel Filled (Category 5e Cable) – Belden (7997A)
Category 5e Premise Horizontal Cable (200MHz), OSP Rated, 4 Pair, 24 AWG Solid Bare Copper Conductors, U/UTP, Gel-Filled, Polyethylene Jacket
Ensure maximum network performance and stability in legacy IP applications, renovations and price-sensitive environments with Category 5e cables that exceed standards. Belden offers several Category 5e performance levels. Our top-of-line 1200 Series cable provides headroom beyond the TIA-568-C.2 Category 5e standard and is offered with Bonded-Pair technology to make your installation as robust as possible.
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Features & Benefits
- Breadth of Portfolio: Product family includes UTP, F/UTP, Plenum, Riser, LSZH, OSP, Commercial and Industrial cables
- Superior Electrical Performance: Exceeds Category 5e performance
- Performance Headroom: As part of the REVConnect 1200 System, delivers data rates up to 1.2 Gb/s for a system with usable bandwidth of 160 MHz
- Stable Electricals: 1200 Cable’s design features matched conductors on all four pairs providing for extremely stable electrical performance
- No Need for an Overall Jacket: 1200 Banana Peel® Enhanced Category 5e Cable bundles six cables to a center spline in a unique design
Specifications
Product Overview
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Suitable Applications |
OSP-Outdoor, Premise Horizontal Cable, Ethernet 1000BASE-T, Ethernet 100BASE-TX, Ethernet 10BASE-T, PoE++, PoE+, PoE |
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Construction Details
Conductor
| Size | Stranding | Material | No. of Pairs |
|---|---|---|---|
| 24 AWG | Solid | BC – Bare Copper | 4 |
Insulation
| Material | Color Code |
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| PO – Polyolefin | White/Blue Stripe & Blue, White/Orange Stripe & Orange, White/Green Stripe & Green, White/Brown Stripe & Brown |
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Waterblocking |
Gel Filled |
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Outer Jacket
| Material | Nom. Diameter | Ripcord |
|---|---|---|
| PE – Polyethylene | 0.226 in (5.74 mm) | Yes |
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Overall Cable Diameter (Nominal) |
0.226 in (5.74 mm) |
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Electrical Characteristics
Electricals
| Max. Conductor DCR | Max. Capacitance Unbalance |
|---|---|
| 93.8 Ohm/km (28.6 Ohm/1000ft) | 160 pF/100m |
Delay
| Frequency | Max. Delay | Max. Delay Skew | Nom. Velocity of Prop. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 100 MHz | 537.6 ns/100m | 45 ns/100m | 65% |
| Frequency [MHz] | Max. Insertion Loss (Attenuation) | Min. NEXT [dB] | Min. PSNEXT [dB] | Min. ACR [dB] | Min. PSACR [dB] | Min. ACRF (ELFEXT) [dB] | Min. PSACRF (PSELFEXT) [dB] | Min. RL (Return Loss) [dB] | Max./Min. Input Impedance (unFitted) [Ohm] | Max./Min. Fitted Impedance [Ohm] | ||||||||||||
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| 1 | 2.0 dB/100m | 65.3 | 62.3 | 63.3 | 60.3 | 63.8 | 60.8 | 20.0 | 100 ± 15 | 100 ± 15 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | 4.1 dB/100m | 56.3 | 53.3 | 52.2 | 49.2 | 51.8 | 48.8 | 23.0 | 100 ± 15 | 100 ± 15 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | 5.8 dB/100m | 51.8 | 48.8 | 46.0 | 43.0 | 45.7 | 42.7 | 24.5 | 100 ± 15 | 100 ± 15 | ||||||||||||
| 10 | 6.5 dB/100m | 50.3 | 47.3 | 43.8 | 40.8 | 43.8 | 40.8 | 25.0 | 100 ± 15 | 100 ± 15 | ||||||||||||
| 16 | 8.2 dB/100m | 47.2 | 44.2 | 39.0 | 36.0 | 39.7 | 36.7 | 25.0 | 100 ± 15 | 100 ± 15 | ||||||||||||
| 20 | 9.3 dB/100m | 45.8 | 42.8 | 36.5 | 33.5 | 37.8 | 34.8 | 25.0 | 100 ± 15 | 100 ± 15 | ||||||||||||
| 25 | 10.4 dB/100m | 44.3 | 41.3 | 33.9 |
| Item # | Color | Putup Type | Length | UPC | Footnote |
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| 7997A 0101000 | Black | Reel | 1,000 ft | 612825192596 | C |
| 7997A 0101000 | Black | Reel | 1,000 ft | 612825192596 | C |





