Yeah, people talk about Toughcable Carrier like it’s some new patent pending breakthrough by Ubiquiti. AFAIK it’s just their term for double shielded (foil + braid) outdoor cable. The breakthrough is the price, which is admittedly much better than something like Belden 7921a which is almost a buck a foot. I assume Shireen pricing would be more in the same neighborhood as Ubiquiti.
From: Jaime Solorza Sent: Wednesday, January 27, 2016 2:07 PM To: Animal Farm Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Tower Cabling here is what he told me about 1. Outdoor Double shielded Cat6. 2. Composite Cable (Cat6+ two strands of multimode fiber + two 2AWG wires for power) Jaime Solorza Wireless Systems Architect 915-861-1390 On Wed, Jan 27, 2016 at 1:05 PM, Jaime Solorza <[email protected]> wrote: hey contact Nusrat Jamal at Shireen Inc. He told he has some new outdoor cable which folks seem to like allot for tower work, including one with additional power lines??? Jaime Solorza Wireless Systems Architect 915-861-1390 On Wed, Jan 27, 2016 at 11:22 AM, Gilbert T. Gutierrez, Jr. <[email protected]> wrote: What cable do most use for tower installations? I am about to install at some new tower sites and wanted to see if anyone has had extended success with anything. The current cable I use is Superior Essex BBDGe which is a flooded cable with a corrugated copper shield. This cable is very thick and bulky and works well on AM tower when I install on those. I saw that Ubiquiti has something that they call TC-CARRIER that looks like it could meet my needs though I do not know how stable the sheathing is in the sunlight. I was looking at moving to Cat 6 though I have never come across Cat 6 tower cable. Thoughts? Gilbert T. Gutierrez, Jr. Phoenix Internet
