A few have expressed interest in some of my at work pics. I have been slacking as of late, as the work we are doing is more proactive and less reactive, so its a little more rare to come across the WTF cable pics, so I grabbed a few of my old ones. Hope you guys enjoy them, ill add more as I come across them.
I am going to start with links, as that way I comment on the initial batch, going forward Ill probably attach them; but who knows....
Lets start in the Headend:
http://i.imgur.com/I8i1GvF.jpg
So many pretty colors....the skinny yellows are the fibers coming out of the transmitters, leaving to go into the field. The purple/aqua/pink cables are rg59he cable being used to combine up different signal types to then be put onto the fibers.
When we talk about having an upstream SNR issue, this is usually what is occurring:
http://i.imgur.com/VZagQRA.jpg
CPD, or common path distortion. Two dissimilar metals, could be oxidation. could be a loose seizure screw at an amp, or a bad cable.
speaking of bad cables:
http://i.imgur.com/JDWmeQM.jpg
Not all cables are a few inches underground. Its not uncommon for a hardline cable to be SEVERAL feet underground close to a road. this one was about 4.5' down.
http://i.imgur.com/GQLn8qt.jpg
This once was only a couple. but the ground was hard a rock, so it was a pain to have to dig back.
http://i.imgur.com/VG9NnJj.jpg
Sometimes you get lucky and can actually kneel down in the hole to splice.
http://i.imgur.com/0MYdtPH.jpg
Every now and then, you get a good one. Transformer blew up and scorched the Earth. Problem was there was tap to the right of it. WAS.
http://i.imgur.com/pjicssF.jpg
Construction crews are a normal hazard. They dont care about Miss Utility markouts. They dont apply to them!
http://i.imgur.com/1VDPKCp.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/Ez1iNJn.jpg
Two different deer, two different on call rotations. Gotta love country living!
http://i.imgur.com/zbNIGAr.jpg
This is what happens when you give service techs tap plates. It should be a 17tap. They needed more signal, so in goes a 4. Ummmmmm no! bad tech!!!!
http://i.imgur.com/iJjGphV.jpg
I was working off a ladder here; still doing service at the time (10 years ago), but my buddy (lineman) needed a hand on a saturday, so I came out to help. Fun working on the side of a 60mph highway.
http://i.imgur.com/k0QKJTC.jpg
When people steal cable its really quite easy to detect.
http://i.imgur.com/ivWvFr2.jpg
This was from a house move. Yes, They moved a whole house. Jacked up the foundation, loaded it onto a trailer, and creeped down the highway at 12mph! Had to clear all the cable lines out of the way for them.
http://i.imgur.com/72fkyKA.jpg
Not a house this time! Generators for a Solar/Natural Gas plant! Bigger then a house!!! These moved at 5mph. Had to do this 4 times in 2 weeks.
http://i.imgur.com/PgR8mLa.jpg
4G LTE. This is the reason Cable and 4G dont get alone well!
http://i.imgur.com/v8QELKY.jpg
A local 4 star casino decided they wanted us for internet, but were too cheap to buy wire management for their racks in the hotel side. I eventually had to make 196 (iirc) cut to length cat5 jumpers by hand. sigh. my hand still hurts 8 years later.
http://i.imgur.com/BCbW00L.jpg
DSANs, or MDTAs in Comcast world. These convert a digital line up to analog for Hotels, or other MDUs. Expensive pieces. I had one that was crapping out on me, so I had to swap it out for a new one!
That concludes my initial photo album. Possibly more to follow!!!
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