Fusion splicer? Order cables without end?
Erich Kaiser North Central Tower [email protected] Office: 630-621-4804 Cell: 630-777-9291 On Mon, Mar 13, 2017 at 9:31 AM, Paul McCall <[email protected]> wrote: > With picture this time. > > > > *From:* Paul McCall > *Sent:* Monday, March 13, 2017 10:11 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Fiber termination DLX to LC > > > > When we ordered our MST’s, we were surprised that Commscope doesn’t make > (even with special order), any drop cable that terminates into LC ends. We > run the MST up the tower than connect an UBNT S16 /R6 or BH radios with > fiber from there. > > > > We have doing this with a “test cable” and then placing the whole assembly > inside a Cat5 outdoor cable *by slitting the Cat5, then taping it up when > we are done OR putting it in some small black flex tube (or both). > > > > There has to be a more professional way to get this done. Maybe an > assembly company we can have make it up for us. We can also get the actual > drop cable in a short length but we still face the same prospect of a > flimsy termination section that we then have to protect. I can get a > bigger fanout fiber at the LC end but there is still likely going to be > exposed “smaller cable” to get sealed and ruggedized. > > > > Seeking a good solution, with the other side benefit being there are some > small towers where I will have a single LC connection at the top for an R6 > (micropop) or even and S16 and I have a bunch of flat drop cable I can > easily put a couple ends on if I can get it ruggedized from there. > > > > This is probably a newbie type question, but we are not fiber ninjas as of > yet J > > > > Paul > > > > Paul McCall, President > > PDMNet, Inc. / Florida Broadband, Inc. > > 658 Old Dixie Highway > > Vero Beach, FL 32962 > > 772-564-6800 <(772)%20564-6800> > > [email protected] > > www.pdmnet.com > > www.floridabroadband.com > > > > >
