The Cat6A Outdoor Wavenet 6A04CMXBK2 is a 1000-foot solid copper Ethernet cable designed to live outside. With a UV-rated jacket and CMX outdoor classification, it is built to handle direct sun exposure, temperature swings, and the kind of wear that destroys standard indoor cable. It delivers 10G performance across a full 750MHz bandwidth, making it a practical choice for linking buildings, powering outdoor access points, or extending a network to a remote structure without worrying about signal degradation. ETL and C(ETL)US certified to TIA-568-C.2 and fully RoHS compliant, it carries the third-party verification contractors and IT managers expect on professional jobs.
Product Specifications
This is a 23AWG solid conductor cable with four unshielded twisted pairs. Conductors are solid bare copper, insulated with HDPE at an overall diameter of 0.270 inches. The UV PVC jacket has an average thickness of 0.24 mm and a minimum point thickness of 0.22 mm. Each twisted pair has a diameter of 2.24 mm with a tolerance of ±0.02 mm. The 1000-foot reel weighs 42 lbs nominal. DC resistance is 9.38 Ω/100m max at 20°C, with resistance unbalance at 5% max. Mutual capacitance reaches 5.6 nF/100m max, capacitance unbalance is 330 pF/100m max, and delay skew is 45 nS/100m max. Nominal velocity of propagation is 69%. At 750MHz, attenuation is 56.7 dB/100m max, return loss is 14.0 dB min, and NEXT is 31.2 dB min.
Features and Applications
The UV-rated PVC jacket is the headline feature here — it resists ultraviolet breakdown that would crack and weaken a standard jacket after months in the sun. The cable supports 10G speeds up to 750MHz, so it is more than capable of handling modern bandwidth demands. The CMX rating means it is listed for outdoor use, not just adapted for it. RoHS compliance ensures it meets environmental standards for restricted hazardous substances. The black jacket color helps it blend into outdoor environments, which is useful when aesthetics matter or when you want the cable to stay visually unobtrusive along building exteriors. The reel-in-box packaging makes deployment easier on large outdoor pulls.
Uses
This cable fits anywhere you need a network connection to survive outside. Run it between buildings on a campus, trench it to a remote garage or workshop, string it to outdoor security cameras, or use it to feed an outdoor wireless access point on a warehouse roof. It is also well-suited for agricultural operations running networks to barns or remote monitoring equipment, for marinas connecting dockside infrastructure, or for construction sites that need temporary but reliable connectivity in exposed conditions. Anywhere a plenum or indoor-rated cable would fail, this one steps in.
Construction
Wavenet built this cable with four twisted pairs of solid bare copper conductors wrapped in HDPE insulation, which offers good dielectric properties and moisture resistance for outdoor duty. A cross-shaped separator sits between the pairs to maintain geometry and reduce crosstalk across long runs. The UV PVC outer jacket is specifically formulated to withstand prolonged sun exposure without hardening or cracking. A ripcord is included under the jacket for clean stripping during termination. The cable handles installation temperatures from 0°C to +75°C and operates reliably from -20°C to +75°C. Tensile strength before aging is at least 13.8 MPa, with elongation of 100% or greater.
Additional Information
The cable marking reads: CATEGORY 6A 10G 23AWG 4PR UTP CMX UV RATED OUTDOOR C(ETL)US VERIFIED (ETL) ANSI/TIA-568-C.2. The part number 6A04CMXBK2 comes in a black jacket packaged as a 1000-foot reel. After aging conditions of 100°C for 168 hours, the cable retains at least 85% of its original tensile strength and 50% of its original elongation. Insulation color coding follows standard pair assignments: white/blue with blue, white/orange with orange, white/green with green, and white/brown with brown.
