[HamWAN PSDR] CAT5 cable tester

[Dana Hanford]

STP = Shielded Twisted Pair

Dana

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From: PSDR <psdr-bounces at hamwan.org> On Behalf Of Kenny Richards
Sent: Friday, May 29, 2020 1:15 PM
To: Puget Sound Data Ring <psdr at hamwan.org>
Subject: Re: [HamWAN PSDR] CAT5 cable tester

Darcy - For those of us not in the know, what does "STP" stand for?  I'm guessing it has todo with testing the shield termination?  (Google failed me trying to look it up)

Thanks
Kenny

On Fri, May 29, 2020 at 1:07 PM Darcy Buskermolen <darcyb at gmail.com<mailto:darcyb at gmail.com>> wrote:
Yes such a device does exist,  they are going to be $$, a fluke or lantech unit will be well north of $1000.00 per test setup. STP make the options less readily available.  You certainly want something more involved than a simple cable map function.

If STP can be removed from the must-have list, then https://pockethernet.com/ is a decent value proposition

On Fri, May 29, 2020 at 12:51 PM Steve <stevewa206 at gmail.com<mailto:stevewa206 at gmail.com>> wrote:
Maybe get Fluke to donate?  Anybody have connections or work for them?

Just a thought.

Steve N0FPF

On Fri, May 29, 2020 at 12:37 PM Bart Kus <me at bartk.us<mailto:me at bartk.us>> wrote:
HamWAN is in the business of deploying lots of long CAT5 cables,
terminated by amateurs, in remote locations.  We often have a hard time
getting the terminations right.  In the worst cases, the problems are
only discovered once the cables are installed on a tower, and need to be
re-terminated up there.  A method of testing the cables before
installing them would save us headaches and speed up deploys.

Can someone volunteer to lead an effort to research the market and
select an appropriate cable tester?  HamWAN would then purchase at least
2 of these, and keep them with folks who are doing site deploys.

Here are some requirements I'd like the tester to meet:

0) The tester is a reliable quality device.
1) Ability to detect proper shield termination, since we use shielded
CAT5 to keep RFI down.
2) Ability to report performance characteristics of the cable, beyond a
simple pass/fail LED.
3) Ability to operate in rainy conditions.
4) Battery powered, preferably rechargeable.
5) UI friendly to color-blind people.  :)

Additional requirement suggestions welcome.

--Bart

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