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From: hans@umd5.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans
Subject: Re: Need Fiber Attenuation Tester/Fiber Connectorization
Keywords: Fiber Attenuation Test Equipment Portable Connectorization
Message-ID: <2791@umd5.umd.edu>
Date: 3 Jun 88 23:46:03 GMT
References: <1820@aecom.YU.EDU>
Reply-To: hans@umd5 (Hans Breitenlohner)
Organization: University of Maryland, College Park
Lines: 16
Posted: Fri Jun  3 19:46:03 1988

In article <1820@aecom.YU.EDU> glen@aecom.YU.EDU (Glen M. Marianko) writes:
>
>Anyone have any recommendations on testers.  I would like to do 
>testing at both 850nm and 1300nm.  Most companies sell either 
>separate units or units with plug-in modules for both 
>frequencies.  Some (notably Phillips) sell a dual nm receiver, 
>but still need separate light sources.  
>
Photodyne sells an optical power meter (17XTF) which 
is calibrated at 820, 850, 1300, and 1550 nm.  I think the price is about
$1200.  Note that this is simply a broadband detector, with appropriate
internal compensation for the sensor's sensitivity at the various
wavelengths.  Unfortunately precision light sources are considerably
more expensive.  
Fortunately our fiber modems emit light continuously, and we use them
for light sources.