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I did no research, just threw together dreams & desires. I'm
aware there are options from like $30 to $2000, but don't have time
to properly research the market.<br>
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--Bart<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 5/29/2020 12:42 PM, Kenny Richards
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<div class="gmail_default"
style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">Agree
with the proposal, I bring my personal device when ever doing
installs.</div>
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<div class="gmail_default"
style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">Question:
does such a device exist which meets all your requirements?
Or is that just a magical wish list?</div>
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style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">Thanks</div>
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<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, May 29, 2020 at 12:37
PM Bart Kus <<a href="mailto:me@bartk.us"
moz-do-not-send="true">me@bartk.us</a>> wrote:<br>
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0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">HamWAN
is in the business of deploying lots of long CAT5 cables, <br>
terminated by amateurs, in remote locations. We often have a
hard time <br>
getting the terminations right. In the worst cases, the
problems are <br>
only discovered once the cables are installed on a tower, and
need to be <br>
re-terminated up there. A method of testing the cables before
<br>
installing them would save us headaches and speed up deploys.<br>
<br>
Can someone volunteer to lead an effort to research the market
and <br>
select an appropriate cable tester? HamWAN would then
purchase at least <br>
2 of these, and keep them with folks who are doing site
deploys.<br>
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Here are some requirements I'd like the tester to meet:<br>
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0) The tester is a reliable quality device.<br>
1) Ability to detect proper shield termination, since we use
shielded <br>
CAT5 to keep RFI down.<br>
2) Ability to report performance characteristics of the cable,
beyond a <br>
simple pass/fail LED.<br>
3) Ability to operate in rainy conditions.<br>
4) Battery powered, preferably rechargeable.<br>
5) UI friendly to color-blind people. :)<br>
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Additional requirement suggestions welcome.<br>
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--Bart<br>
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