My first question would be
1. What do you have on the inline on the input of the tap.
if the system is designed for 18's at 750Mhz then you should have 38db inline at a 20 tap. If bad then could be active feeding it not balanced, or a bad span of cable.If good someone in a hurry on a service call could have swapped the face plate with a higher one to get by. Also the tap could be cut in backwards.
2. what are the levels at the tap before the one you are having the problem with. If good there at the tap port what are the output levels if these are good then you have either a bad span of cable or one or both of the line connectors are bad.
3. what are the levels on the out put of the active feeding the run?
4. Not to doubt your skill did you check another port on the tap you were working on? could be just a bad port, also did you chect to make sure your stinger was in correctly ? could be thruogh the rubber and not in the hole.
It's an easy problem to find but it takes more time than they will give an installer, so your boss was right put a bandaid on it write it up and let the tech deal with it, unless you get paid for trouble shooting feeder problems.
Re: Proper Output Levels At Tap
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