Belden CAT6a Reel 1303E. Digital Mixing Desk Cable. Behringer Soundcraft Roland

This is the next generation of drum-mounted Catsnake® Cables. CAT6a compliant and made with superior quality components. This reel system will work with all current standards; CobraNet, eSnake, Ethersound, Digital audio over Ethernet, etc and also supports future Category 6a and 6 applications, such as: 10GBase-T (10 gigabit Ethernet), 1000Base-T (Gigabit Ethernet), 100 Base-T, 10 Base-T, FDDI, ATM.

The cable is the highly sought after Up-Jacketed S/FTP 1303E from Belden. The inner conductors are AWG 24/7 stranded bare copper and the outer jacket is made from a rugged PVC. The ends are terminated in Neutrik NE8MX6-B wired to the T568B standard. The Ethercon are protected when not in use with a rubber cover. The tail from the reel is 2m in length.

In our permanent quest to improve on what we do, we decided to improve our testing rig by employing a Fluke LinkIQ verifier. We can now verify that our Cat5e, Cat6 and Cat6a cables perform to the requirements of ISO/IEC 11801, at the lengths we state. All our cables now go through a thorough 'real world' test before dispatch. We use 'Verification' for short patch leads, and 'Verification' and 'Live Testing' for any cables over 40m, including reel-systems.

*Check out our ‘Length v’s Performance Guide’