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From: Merike Kaeo
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 15:28

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In designing an FDDI net we used to use the following design specs:
1dB max loss per mated ST connector pair and .5dB max loss per splice.
I'm beginning to wonder if this is ultra-conservative and am toying
with the idea of changing that to .5dB max per mated connector pair
and .2dB max loss per splice (mechanical).  I figure a 2dB margin in
the budget will take care of any slop.  We do a tight QA on all
installations and from what I've seen in terms of connector loss the
.5dB max is reasonable.

What are other folks doing?  Comments?
 
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Merike Kaeo			merike@alw.nih.gov
National Institutes of Health	(301) 402-1548 


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