[HamWAN PSDR] CAT5 cable tester

[Doug Kingston]

On the lower end, Klein Tools has some nice units.  This one will determine
cable length which can be really useful for us:
Klein Tools VDV501-851 - Scout Pro 3 Tester Starter Kit
<https://www.tequipment.net/Klein-Tools/VDV501-851/Tool-Kits/?Source=googleshopping&gclid=CjwKCAjw5cL2BRASEiwAENqAPl7ajlnrv_Vtx_hHG3HiLNqkzpddxUON8u__tS8yy6r-PRe-YGIkYBoCyecQAvD_BwE>
and we could easily afford having a couple of these in our inventory.  The
cable tracing is a nice added benefit.
They make a range of testers in this area.  I have used one once and it
seemed well built (which is not a surprise from Klein).

-Doug-

On Fri, May 29, 2020 at 2:33 PM John C. Miller <kx7jm at jmit.com> wrote:

> Bart,
>
> I'm willing to kick in some extra $$ to help pay for a cable qual tester.
>
> John
> kx7jm at jmit.com
>
>
>
> ---- On Fri, 29 May 2020 12:37:49 -0700 *Bart Kus <me at bartk.us
> <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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