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Chapter 06 · access after free registration

Good Practices for Working with Test Equipment

Internal reference, calibration, the protective attenuator and a dirty OTDR port vs the dead zone.

What you will find in this chapter
  • Best-practice checklist (saves progress)
  • Internal-reference control chart with failure simulation
  • Dirty OTDR port: dead zone 20 → 220 m live
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