Cable laying conundrum....

[MikeInEburg]

Cat5 is speced at 328 feet.
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To clarify - Ethernet 10/100/1000 base T is specced at 328 feet (90 meters of station cable plus 10 meters of patch cable. However, cat 5 can be used for purposes other than Ethernet.
That said, there is no real benefit to burying cat5 vs cat3.

I whole-heartedly agree that, if coax is for catv, some real design should be done.

 

[Deerherd]

Curious as to how you're going to deal with the signal loss over this length of cable.....

The cable company is putting some sort of "amplifier" about half way between the street and house. It's a box about 2'x3' in size.

 

[tcartwri]

Ok, I thought this was a diy project. Good luck, hope it's not too hot.

 

[tonyoz]

Before you plough your cable in its best to prerip the line. To do this is to do a pass or two without the cable shute to insure you get a good cover the cable and also find any unripable objects(rocks,tree roots etc).Also bear in mind that you cannot back your tractor once you start plowing the cable in the ground. Used this method to lay 1000's of k's of optic

 

[High Compression]

Your looking for a vibraplow. Vibratory Plow - YouTube

 

[ttriff]

Any suggestions as to an appropriate ripper to match? Or maybe I just try and locate a smaller layer/ripper combo and hang this one up for laughs. Thanks in advance.

Everything Attachments sells the Fred Cain subsoiler it's pretty manly.

BTW where did you get the pipe/cable layer you bought?

 

[rambler]

I'd be real interesting in where you got the part you did get?????? I'd kinda like something like that.

---->Paul

 

[J_J]

Your looking for a vibraplow. Vibratory Plow - YouTube

YouTube pipe puller

Newcastle Pipe Puller- [url]Http://KCNewCastle.Com - YouTube[/url]

 

[joshuabardwell]

Curious as to how you're going to deal with the signal loss over this length of cable.....

If he's installing the appropriate type of cable, this shouldn't be an issue. RG6 loses 6 dB per 100 feet at 900 MHz. LMR600 on the other hand gets you down to 2.2 dB per 100 ft. I'm not a cable installer so I can't say for sure, but it seems like 30 db of loss from the termination point should be tolerable. Still... best to do it right from the start.

It's not an apples to apples comparison because LMR is 50 ohm, and I think cable TV is 75 ohm, but the point is, it's probably doable. Not cheap though. LMR600 is around a dollar a foot. LMR1200, at under 2 dB per 100 feet, is about $8 a foot!

Edit: or you could put an amp in. Thought this was DIY.

 

[joshuabardwell]

That said, there is no real benefit to burying cat5 vs cat3.

What?! Clarify please.