<div><div dir="auto">I have read about that and it is decent. </div></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Steve N0FPF</div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, May 29, 2020 at 1:07 PM Darcy Buskermolen <<a href="mailto:darcyb@gmail.com">darcyb@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Yes such a device does exist, they are going to be $$, a fluke or lantech unit will be well north of $1000.00 per test setup. STP make the options less readily available. You certainly want something more involved than a simple cable map function. <div><br></div><div>If STP can be removed from the must-have list, then <a href="https://pockethernet.com/" target="_blank">https://pockethernet.com/</a> is a decent value proposition</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, May 29, 2020 at 12:51 PM Steve <<a href="mailto:stevewa206@gmail.com" target="_blank">stevewa206@gmail.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"><div><div dir="auto">Maybe get Fluke to donate? Anybody have connections or work for them?</div></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Just a thought.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Steve N0FPF</div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, May 29, 2020 at 12:37 PM Bart Kus <<a href="mailto:me@bartk.us" target="_blank">me@bartk.us</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">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>
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