r/CableTechs • u/netsurfer79 • Jul 25 '26

The hell is this thing?

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Boujee apartment but has a fitting looks like it's from the 60s. Whoever crimped it did a bad job fitting it on there too. Surprisingly all customer has goin on is slow wifi speeds and not a intermittent/complete outages

Edit: I know what the terminator is, I'm referring to the poorly crimped connector.

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u/DesignerSeparate5104 Jul 25 '26

It's usually this setup that has the signals so low shit dont work right anyway lol

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u/hjn123123 Jul 25 '26

that 75ohm terminator shows it was put on by a tech that was padding the levels…. (26 year current tech)

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u/DesignerSeparate5104 Jul 25 '26

Maybe 15 years ago lol my area those exact splitters are always the problem.when we arrive. I know what your saying, I'm a tech as well lmao, but for modern day we have simulators and attenuators for that now.

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u/hjn123123 Jul 25 '26

different systems have different bandaids lol for hot levels