It’s definitely a splitter Get Outlook for iOS<https://aka.ms/o0ukef> ________________________________ From: AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> on behalf of Josh Luthman <j...@imaginenetworksllc.com> Sent: Friday, September 29, 2023 3:25:32 PM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <af@af.afmug.com> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] dumb OTDR question
Probably not a splitter. It gets very confused shooting past it (both our cheap China & the demo Veex). On Fri, Sep 29, 2023 at 3:24 PM Trey Scarborough <t...@3dsc.co<mailto:t...@3dsc.co>> wrote: Could be a bad splice, but if it is a splitter it could just be an artifact of that. It all depends on the type of splitter you are using and what wavelength the OTDR is. It also depends what is on the other ends of the splitter. If that is a splitter with nothing spliced to one of the ends you can get a reflection off of a dead end. On 9/28/23 8:32 AM, Adam Moffett wrote: Can you have return loss (i.e. reflections) on bad fusion splices? Attached trace is a splitter showing return loss. It's supposed to be fusion spliced, not connectorized. There are several of these on this project. Trying to figure out if contractor snuck in some incorrect parts or if he's got issues with his fusion splicer. I'd assume it's bad splices, but maybe coincidentally the reflectance just happens to be about right for UPC connectors. -- AF mailing list AF@af.afmug.com<mailto:AF@af.afmug.com> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com
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