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One of my many rings I have installed. 36 Ribbons, 432 Fibers, Tested with my Optical Time Domain Reflectormeter.
That’s a Fitel ribbon Fusion splicer!!! And there’s like seven feet of slack.(never enough)

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Great trace I zoomed in on all the splice points and double check with Power Meters. You can see the reflection from the connector on the other side.

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I have a cheat sheet for setting parameters..I’ve seen an 864 opened up and being spliced..

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There’s a miss print on this schematic I found it once I think. See if u can find it?

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There’s a miss print on this schematic I found it once I think. See if u can find it?
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All I can find is this yellow box missing info

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Fancy!!!

I miss the old days where we actually terminated fiber and copper.

I still have the remnants of a 24pr fiber cable that rats had chewed through laying around somewhere. Nothing like unicam terminations in a 19” rack in a military guard shack at 0100 by flashlight.

I’ve done my fair share of butterfly tool amphenol connectors.

Also, exothermic welding ground bars!!!

Takes me back!

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All I can find is this yellow box missing info

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Color deficiency?

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Well shucks, I just went over it again, no misprint. It must of been a different sheet. It’s writin it white on the yellow buffer tube 21..Ribbbon tubes are only “striped” on an 864. I know I found a misprint twenty years ago..

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And I’ve spliced/tested a custom 516 count cable..

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I’m running THREE! Lol OTDR’s at the same time...

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I just got an adapter for RCA to HDMI so going over my 8mm tapes..

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That was right before they hit us!!!! You guys got them SOB’s!!!

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Fancy!!!

I miss the old days where we actually terminated fiber and copper.

I still have the remnants of a 24pr fiber cable that rats had chewed through laying around somewhere. Nothing like unicam terminations in a 19” rack in a military guard shack at 0100 by flashlight.

I’ve done my fair share of butterfly tool amphenol connectors.

Also, exothermic welding ground bars!!!

Takes me back!
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I never touched copper...

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I never touched copper...
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It’s fun! Nothing like terminating patch panels to EIA/TIA standards with sausage fingers!

I miss that stuff. I could go to work for a telecom company any day and be happy. Working circuits, terminating cable or fiber, splices.

Makes the hours seem like minutes

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It took me one time splicing fiber in my cabling class in college to know that's definitely not what I wanted to do with my career. Stuff is hard if you have shaky hands!

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It took me one time splicing fiber in my cabling class in college to know that's definitely not what I wanted to do with my career. Stuff is hard if you have shaky hands!
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That’s why you need a good fusion splicer! Does all the work for you.

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I’ve used Xfo and Sumitomo too

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Yeah we used one, they're pretty cool. I actually got mine to certify, albeit just barely. My issue was the prep of the fiber. I broke it several times trying to cut and strip it clean because my hands shake when I do fine detail work like that.

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Want to see the cleaver?

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Yes that’s my finger.. Cleaves twelve at one time...

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I’m trained in Polarization and Chromatic Mode dispersion testing..

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I’m nearsighted. So I can see almost like a microscope..

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Color deficiency?
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I looked at that for a few minutes

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The key to doing a mid-sheath entry on a hot 432. You soak the ribbon in alcohol for five minutes to separate the fibers and then complete the tail installation.

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I have absolutely no earthly idea what you’re talking about

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I have absolutely no earthly idea what you’re talking about
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Right there with you...

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Well it’s been a little bit since I logged on but OtDR shot was great, what type of cleaver are you utilizing? Been in the business for 20+ but more of a copper and back in the day PBX guy so fiber is not my strong suite but know what I’m looking at. I now stand up new facilities and bring Ethernet to the desktop for commercial builds, this includes both horizontal and vertical build outs.

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The hard part is setting up the parameters. Cheat sheet.

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