Communications-product manufacturer Andrew Corp. has appointed Debra Buck Huttenburg group president of Antenna Systems. In her new position, she will manage the worldwide sales...
Cables routed through a dropped ceiling to an open rack can be unsightly, with cables often lying on the floor. One solution is a channel that runs alongside the rack (see "Keeping...
If you find that your metal fish tape is too long and too unwieldy for a short pull or a wall that you must fish, use the fiberglass strength member from outdoor-use fiber-optic...
When you are fishing a weighted string from the top of an uninsulated wall down to a hole for a communications outlet, pulling the string through the outlet hole will be difficult...
It`s no accident that noticeably bulky fiber-optic connectors are trimming down; it`s by design and by necessity. That`s because fiber connectors are seen as one of the most important...
Q: What is the difference between a crossconnect and an interconnect? I understand that with an interconnect, no patch cords are allowed, so how are connections made?
Q: With the bus speed of desktop computers topping out at 132 megabits per second and Alpha servers at about 267 Mbits/sec, why would some large organizations want to put fiber...
Q: eia/tia-569, Table 4.4-1, "Conduit Sizing," indicates cable fill, but nowhere in the standard is there an indication of the basis of the table for design. The Telecommunications...
In his Endface article that appeared in the February 1998 issue (see "The impending fiber-bandwidth shortage," page 96), Scott Stevens makes several misleading statements. The...
It has been a difficult transition using 110-type hardware. I come from the old school where we did a quality-looking job using 66-type blocks and crossconnections. The 66-type...
I read with amusement the July 1997 editorial (see "Four great mysteries of the cabling industry," page 5). The answer for "Sleepless in Nashua" regarding Mystery No. 4--which...
In January, PennWell (Nashua, NH) published the premier issue of Cable Foreman, a monthly magazine focusing on the outside physical infrastructure between telecommunications companies...
At this winter`s quarterly meeting of the TR-41.8 committee of the Telecommunications Industry Association (tia--Arlington, VA), manufacturers of fiber-optic cabling systems and...
Lauded as the world`s first, the Seymour Park Primary School in Trafford, Greater Manchester, UK, connected 12 computers to the Internet by power line. The 12 computers operate...
Designed for building environments where the center of a hallway or room is packed with existing systems, this wall-mounted cable tray includes 1-inch rungs to minimize potential...
Pass & Seymour/Legrand (Syracuse, NY), a producer of electrical wiring devices, has agreed to purchase the outstanding shares of Ortronics (Pawcatuck, CT), a manufacturer of premises...
The Model CPII compact polarization- insensitive isolator measures 35 millimeters long and has a diameter of 5.5 mm. Featuring high isolation and low insertion loss over a broad...
Underwriters Laboratories Inc. (UL--Northbrook, IL) is a nonprofit, independent testing organization dedicated to public safety. More than one hundred years old, UL tests products...
The ptr1 24-pin, flat-bed, dot-matrix printer makes any combination of numbers, letters, symbols, or custom legends on heat shrink-tubing. The 10-pound printer features a short...
The FlexPoint Media Converters provide 10Base-T Ethernet connectivity options across different media, including fiber, unshielded twisted-pair (utp), and coaxial cable. The full...
The pre-packaged pressure-sensitive reflective ID label kit houses both letters and numbers in a transparent 36-compartment organizer. The kit includes ample supplies of tough...
The Model CM 201-425-8 cable-tray system has a cable path of 18 square inches, and Model CM 201-425D-8 has a cable path of 36 sq. inches. Both feature a hand-bendable center spine...
These Fibre Channel transceivers provide transmit/receive signal conditioning for fiber-speed communications over common types of data-communications and telecommunications copper...
The tra-bond F402 light-curable connector adhesive is used to assemble fiber-optic connectors, joining either glass or plastic fiber to ceramic ferrules. The adhesive cures in...
The 1998 edition of the Test & Measurement Catalog describes more than 1400 test and measurement products, systems, and services. Suitable for researching, planning, budgeting...
The OnQ Structured Wiring System for residential applications lets homeowners control security, energy, and lighting through push-button technology or remote access via a touch...
In the telecommunications closet (TC), which serves as the central nervous system of a premises communications network, numbers take on a significance that is not always apparent...
The Network Support Kit contains tools needed by technicians and other support people who install, maintain, troubleshoot, and repair networks. The kit comes in a ballistic nylon...
Category 5 Wall Mount 110 Jack Panels allow front termination of 110 connections by removing the front cover. Once the snap-on cover is re-installed, it protects and hides the...
