Cable Plant Training

I have worked in the area for roughly bout 6 years and here are some tips

I can share with you:

1. Get to know your equipment in the headend

a. lead amp, combiner, channel modulaters, splitters, cable line, taps, power supply, power inverter.

Train yourself in how each works and how they deliver the signal to the home

TV or internet

Cable line is like the old days of rabbits ears where the TV tower would fire off a electric voltage in the air for your rabbit ears to convert the signal to a picture

The same voltage is there however its sealed in the line(750.500) as that is why its important to maintain the line often as Cold weather and other possible problem can be there which will hamper the delivery in affect your business

There are alot of RF signals in the air which can affect the delivery of the signal airplanes, walkie talkies, microwave, ham radio etc even the earth core can affect your signal

as cable uses same techno- radio frequency (RF)

you need to use good shielded splitters to prevent these problems as much as you can

Proper splitter balances out the signal as to much power from the tap can sometimes burn out your color guns on your TV or heat up your modem adapter and burn it out

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Splitters cut back outlet you need to apply the proper ones and do a bit math in how much cut back there is to get the best delivery this is also adding the amount of cable being used

delivery of the internet/cell phone/Tv will be impacted if lines are not maintained

example: look at the hydro guy he walks and looks at lines checks them

as cable tech you have to follow suit to prevent problems get a head of the game

remember the voltage is the one that delivers the signal. The longer the run

power can be weaker. Its like a garden hose. hose gives off 10 gallons

den its sprouted in lots of ways still its 10 gallons however balance and tuning is the secert to get the best flow out of the 10 gallons to get the max out of the amount you only have

thats what cable is

Other wise you will spend big bucks on a tech and money goes out as the goal should be to have the money to stay in your community so you can get new equipment when needed so your business can grow

however true to fact there will be times you will need a seasoned vet in this area but only when needed

The end drop should have a splitter grounded properly attached to the areas selected with a grounding block perhaps to a hydro mast

split the RG 6 cable to areas where you wanna add the connections (TV, Modem)

And make your sure all connectors are sealed crimped tightly

The internet in the headroom is connected to the combiner which also in turn

goes through the cable line

That is the send

Now the return

The power condition of the drop line and connectors can have a impact and create a considerable amount of noise heading back which in turn will affect the internet or cell phone.

And not using the reccomended splitter plays a role in the whole scene.

The damaged line 500.750 also plays a role in the send and return

This will in turn help understand about tuning the amps if you can relate to these concepts as I noted

Think of your head room/headend as a radio dial