<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">This is the newer version of the one I bought.....</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, May 29, 2020 at 4:09 PM Doug Kingston <<a href="mailto:dpk@randomnotes.org">dpk@randomnotes.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">On the lower end, Klein Tools has some nice units. This one will determine cable length which can be really useful for us:</div><div class="gmail_default"><h1 id="gmail-m_-4777053952091075076gmail-pdpTitle" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0.5rem;margin-bottom:0.5em;font-family:Bitter,arial,serif;line-height:1.2;color:rgb(33,37,41)"><font size="2"><a href="https://www.tequipment.net/Klein-Tools/VDV501-851/Tool-Kits/?Source=googleshopping&gclid=CjwKCAjw5cL2BRASEiwAENqAPl7ajlnrv_Vtx_hHG3HiLNqkzpddxUON8u__tS8yy6r-PRe-YGIkYBoCyecQAvD_BwE" target="_blank">Klein Tools VDV501-851 - Scout Pro 3 Tester Starter Kit</a></font></h1><div style="font-size:small">and we could easily afford having a couple of these in our inventory. The cable tracing is a nice added benefit.</div><div style="font-size:small">They make a range of testers in this area. I have used one once and it seemed well built (which is not a surprise from Klein).</div><div style="font-size:small"><br></div><div style="font-size:small">-Doug-</div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, May 29, 2020 at 2:33 PM John C. Miller <<a href="mailto:kx7jm@jmit.com" target="_blank">kx7jm@jmit.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><u></u><div><div style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><div>Bart,<br></div><div><br></div><div>I'm willing to kick in some extra $$ to help pay for a cable qual tester.<br></div><div><br></div><div>John <br></div><div><a href="mailto:kx7jm@jmit.com" target="_blank">kx7jm@jmit.com</a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div><br></div><div id="gmail-m_-4777053952091075076gmail-m_5673421271329966828Zm-_Id_-Sgn1">---- On Fri, 29 May 2020 12:37:49 -0700 <b>Bart Kus <<a href="mailto:me@bartk.us" target="_blank">me@bartk.us</a>></b> wrote ----<br></div><div><br></div><blockquote style="border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:6px;margin:0px 0px 0px 5px"><div>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><br>Here are some requirements I'd like the tester to meet:<br><br>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><br>Additional requirement suggestions welcome.<br><br>--Bart<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>PSDR mailing list<br><a href="mailto:PSDR@hamwan.org" target="_blank">PSDR@hamwan.org</a><br><a href="http://mail.hamwan.net/mailman/listinfo/psdr" target="_blank">http://mail.hamwan.net/mailman/listinfo/psdr</a><br></div></blockquote></div><div><br></div></div><br></div>_______________________________________________<br>
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