Whistler 1095 Remote head question

[Cowley639]

I am considering purchasing a Whistler 1095 for use in my office.

I am curious how far the remote head can be away from the main unit?

My office is approximately 100 feet from the back of the building (where the coax comes into the building from the antenna mounted on roof). I am trying to cut down on coax length and feedline loss, and run a short length of coax (about 15 feet) as compared to running 100 feet of coax through the building to my office.

The building already has Cat5 cable ran throughout. My office has two dedicated Cat5 lines. One of those lines I am using for internet, the other is not in use. Both Cat5 lines run back directly to the same room that the coax comes into from the roof (where all of our networking gear is located).

So I guess my question is; Can I possibly plug the un-used Cat5 line into the scanner and place it in our server room where the coax is located and then plug the remote head into the other end of the cable in my office?

The un-used Cat5 line doesn't have ends on it yet, so if the wiring diagram for the scanner is different from a standard Cat5 cable (for ethernet) I can have my IT guy custom build the ends for me.

Thanks for your help!!

 

[mikey60]

It should work fine at that distance. Note that you will also need to run a speaker line as audio is not carried over the control cable.

Mike

 

[KC4YIN]

It sounds doable. I think I remember seeing a post some time back on here about someone testing the length of CAT 5 cable and I believe 100 ft. was mentioned. Yes it is a standard CAT 5 connection. Only question is what about the remote speaker wire and set up for that? I think it would be worth experimenting. I run my 1095 remotely in my car but of course it does not need a 100 ft. cable.

 

[Cowley639]

I just found a 100ft 3.5mm male to female cable. I have an old Kenwood speaker I can use.

Does the remote head require any special wiring? or is it just a standard ethernet cable?

 

[KC4YIN]

It's a standard ethernet cable.

 

[DonS]

I think I remember seeing a post some time back on here about someone testing the length of CAT 5 cable and I believe 100 ft. was mentioned.

That may have been me:
http://forums.radioreference.com/wh...-comparison-ws-1095-bcd536hp.html#post2410604

I only mentioned 100 feet because that's the longest Cat 5 cable I have.