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From: jsa00564@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu
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Subject: Re: Cable testers
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Date: 14 Jun 89 05:11:00 GMT
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Nf-From: uxa.cso.uiuc.edu!jsa00564    Jun 14 00:11:00 1989


I recently purchased one of Micro-Test's Cable Scanners.  So far, it has
been very usful in finding breaks in our twisted pair cable environment.
It appears to be very flexible for many types of cable, and can be
calibrated for any other types.  (It has Thick/Thin Ethernet, ArcNet, Twisted
Pair parameters in memory).
   The instrument will also do some other non-TDR features, such as measure
IEEE 802.3 traffic on a cable, and determine some RS-232 conditions (baud, 
handshaking, etc..).  All in all a good unit.  

(Don't bother getting the "large case" though, it's just a 35mm camera bag...)

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Jeff Autor
jsa00564@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu
at the University of Illinois

also affiliated with Valmont Electric, Danville, IL

Opinions expressed are my own.