Re: [AFMUG] dumb OTDR question

2023-09-29 Thread dmmoffett
It’s a 1x2 PLC, and I wondered if it could have been an unterminated leg, but usually you get noise after a dead end whereas this trace continued on for a bit before hitting a definite dead end. From: AF On Behalf Of Trey Scarborough Sent: Friday, September 29, 2023 3:20 PM To: af@af.afmug.c

Re: [AFMUG] dumb OTDR question

2023-09-29 Thread Josh Luthman
Oh whoops! On Fri, Sep 29, 2023 at 3:46 PM Adam Moffett wrote: > It’s definitely a splitter > > Get Outlook for iOS > -- > *From:* AF on behalf of Josh Luthman < > j...@imaginenetworksllc.com> > *Sent:* Friday, September 29, 2023 3:25:32 PM >

Re: [AFMUG] dumb OTDR question

2023-09-29 Thread Adam Moffett
It’s definitely a splitter Get Outlook for iOS From: AF on behalf of Josh Luthman Sent: Friday, September 29, 2023 3:25:32 PM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group Subject: Re: [AFMUG] dumb OTDR question Probably not a splitter. It gets

Re: [AFMUG] dumb OTDR question

2023-09-29 Thread Trey Scarborough
As Adam originally wrote "Attached trace is a splitter" On 9/29/23 2:25 PM, Josh Luthman wrote: 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 > wrote: Could be

Re: [AFMUG] dumb OTDR question

2023-09-29 Thread Josh Luthman
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 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

Re: [AFMUG] dumb OTDR question

2023-09-29 Thread Trey Scarborough
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