The Central Loose Tube Outdoor Cable (GYXTW) is Netop’s entry-level outdoor fibre cable for aerial and pipeline runs where you need a lightweight, easy-to-handle build without sacrificing mechanical protection. A steel-wire parallel member sits alongside a corrugated tape armour layer, giving the cable enough tensile strength to span poles and enough crush resistance to survive duct pulls, while keeping the overall weight down at 78 kg/km.

It’s supplied in fibre counts from 2 to 12, which puts it squarely in the small-to-medium aerial or pipeline link category rather than trunk backbone territory – think last-mile aerial spans, small campus links, or short pipeline runs between buildings. If a high-fibre-count backbone is what’s needed instead, the Steel Tape Loose Tube (GYTS) or Dielectric Loose Tube (GYFTY) cables scale up to 144 fibres.

Key Specifications

Fibre count: 2 to 12
Construction: central loose tube, steel-wire parallel member, corrugated tape armour
Outer sheath diameter: 8.3 mm | Weight: 78 kg/km
Tensile strength: 1,500 N (short-term) / 600 N (long-term)
Crush load: 1,000 N/100mm (short-term) / 300 N (long-term)
Minimum bend radius: 20D (short-term) / 10D (long-term)
Operating temperature: -40C to +70C
Application: long-distance and local area network communication, aerial or pipeline install

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