Oh whoops! On Fri, Sep 29, 2023 at 3:46 PM Adam Moffett <[email protected]> wrote:
> It’s definitely a splitter > > Get Outlook for iOS <https://aka.ms/o0ukef> > ------------------------------ > *From:* AF <[email protected]> on behalf of Josh Luthman < > [email protected]> > *Sent:* Friday, September 29, 2023 3:25:32 PM > *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <[email protected]> > *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 <[email protected]> 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 > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
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