Have tried Shireen DC-2020?  Dual shields...we have used it with success in
SCADA application with high EMI and RFI levels....it's pricey but worked
for us.

Jaime Solorza

On Fri, Jul 20, 2018, 8:35 PM Nate Burke <[email protected]> wrote:

> I'm curious why Liquidtight works when the foil shield on the Cat5
> doesn't.  Extra distance from the twists?  Heavier gauge steel?  Do you
> need to make sure the liquid tight is grounded, or just the fact that it's
> around the cat5 is enough?
>
> On 7/20/2018 7:04 PM, Chuck McCown wrote:
>
> Yeah, that too.  Some folks could not make it work without the
> liquidtight.
>
> *From:* Sean Heskett
> *Sent:* Friday, July 20, 2018 5:38 PM
> *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group
> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Ethernet problems next to FM Antenna
>
> Put all Ethernet cables inside shielded liquidtight flex conduit.  You can
> buy it st an electrical supply shop.
>
> Be sure to run the conduit to a metal box at the top and then breakout to
> each ap in smaller shielded conduit.
>
> -sean
>
>
> On Fri, Jul 20, 2018 at 10:35 AM Nate Burke <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> It looks like the old archives aren't back online yet, so I couldn't go
>> searching through there for ideas.
>>
>> I have a site where we have been co-locating with a 800w FM Transmitter
>> for years.  We've always had Ethernet problems at the site since the FM
>> went in.  Everything is shielded cat5 (Belden 7919).  It is at a grain
>> elevator, our equipment is on one corner of the platform, and the FM
>> Transmitter is on the other corner.  We are horizontally separated by
>> about 10 feet.  There is no way to get vertical separation.  I used to
>> run all the cables down to the bottom of the leg, about 100'.  In an
>> effort to make the Ethernet work better, I installed an Edgepoint fed
>> with Fiber at the top, so cable lengths between the radios and the
>> Edgepoint are now 5'-10'. With the FM Transmitter turned off, everything
>> runs perfectly.  When the FM is turned on, most equipment drops to
>> 100mb, and some goes down to 10mb.  On the most problematic equipment, I
>> have installed the 4 pair FM Filters from Sandman
>> http://www.sandman.com/rf.html within 12" of both the switch and the
>> radio.  It made no change.
>>
>> What FM Elimination tricks have I forgotten to try?  I was really
>> expecting the short cable lengths to solve the problem.
>>
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