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Cable Testing 101: Measuring Insertion Loss for Fiber and Copper

Cable Testing 101: Measuring Insertion Loss for Fiber and Copper

by tiac | Sep 27, 2019 | Optical Fiber, Testing

The amount of energy that a signal loses as it travels along a cable link used to be referred to as attenuation.The longer the cable, the greater the attenuation. For network cabling, standards now more correctly use the term “insertion loss” which refers...

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