Quote: The imprinted markings that appear more and more on wire jackets are for theft identification.
As if any installer bothers to record the manufacturers lot numbers off of the coax... Maybe that's a commissioning requirement now, along with PIM testing??? There are feet/meter markings, but these need to be checked with a tape measure in case of a "printing error" as I discovered "the hard way" that a batch of Eupen cable had been marked incorrectly... but they sent us a reel for free as compensation :mrgreen:
Did a cable replacement (poorly sealed connector at bottom of run sucked enough water to fill the center conductor with around a gallon of water and thus saturated the foam dielectric for around 20 feet) and discovered to our horror that the line in question had different labeling at the top from the bottom. So retraced and relabeled everything in addition to changing out the wet run.
Interesting place for the ground bar :shock: :roll: ... The photo makes the ground tails appear to be radiused a bit too tight for my (and a good number of cell tech's) liking... and the zinc-plated (as opposed to SS or hot-dipped) flat washer is a no-no :shock: :shock: :shock: At least the connectors on the new runs were properly sealed :idea:
As far as "decommissioning" goes AT&T left antennae on and coax in a monopole in East Bremerton, one which I helped stack (for GTE Wirless) and add TMA's (Cingular GSM upgrade)... Now the radio cabinet is gone... BUT there is a "clearwire" site up there so Crown Castle is still making some money on the pole...
Eric
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