Acronym Backronym
What CATV stands for.
What is Community Antenna Television?
This size drop cable is typically replaced when installing service.
What is Series 59?
Signal leakage is expressed by these units of measure.
What are microvolts per meter?
This PPE should be clean and uncluttered by decals and stickers.
What is a hard hat?
Sometimes this is put on the threads of an F port for moisture resistance.
What modulator-demodulator stands for.
What is MODEM?
F connectors are properly tightened by using this tool.
What is a torque wrench?
The maximum allowable leakage level by the FCC.
What is 20 microvolts per meter?
What the acronym ANSI means.
What is American National Standards Institute?
This universally used connector is good past 1 gigahertz (GHz).
What is an F connector?
What MVPD stands for.
What is Multichannel Video Program Distributer?
Your body belt should not have tools less than two inches from the center of this.
What is your backbone?
The overall effect of a system's leaks is measured by this index.
What is Cumulative Leakage Index or CLI?
Should be worn when there is a potential exposure to skin absorption of harmful substances.
What are work gloves?
When splicing hardline cable, only this tool is used.
What is a coring tool?
What QAM stands for.
What is Quadrature Amplitude Modulation?
The abbreviation is PPE - it is necessary to keep you safe.
What is Personal Protective Equipment?
To avoid interference with this service, cable operators may choose to avoid using these frequencies.
What is Cellular Telephone?
ANSI rating of safety glasses.
What is ANSI Z87.1?
The type of F fitting that is most used today and replaces crimp fittings.
What are compression fittings?
What DOCSIS stands for.
What is Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification?
You should disconnect from here first, when disconnecting and removing a midspan drop.
What is the house or customer premises?
A CLI calculation uses this minimum leak level.
What is 50 microvolts per meter?
This class safety vest should be worn near traffic that exceeds 50 mph.
What is Class 3?
This piece of hardware includes 2 bolts to grip the strand at the pole.
What is a three-bolt clamp?