Update: my old way of checking for a bad coax connector was costing me hours

I used to just swap the whole antenna run if I got weird signal drops, which meant pulling new cable through tight spots. About six months ago, a guy at a training session in Dallas showed me how to use a basic TDR to find the exact spot of a fault. Now I can pinpoint a bad BNC connector at the 23-foot mark in five minutes instead of guessing. Anyone have a favorite brand for those little handheld testers?

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the_taylor26d ago

That "pinpoint a bad BNC connector at the 23-foot mark" is exactly it. I wasted a whole morning once on a bad barrel connector in a crawl space. My cheap little Suretest unit saved me from having to pull a whole new line. It just shows the distance and you go right to the spot.

tylermason26d ago

Seems like a lot of gear for a simple problem. How often are you guys really having connector failures that a simple visual check and a wiggle test won't find?

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