No such thing as forward ingress... Its ingress on the return path. You need a SDA with pathtrac or use the spectrum. Start at the node. Find out which leg it is on first. You need to use the return output test point. Once you find the leg it is on then you have to track it by going to the first amp out. Again hook up your input lead to the return out test point using your spectrum. You have to pull the return output pads to find the leg it is on. Once you find the leg continue to do the same thing at the next amp and so on. Once you narrow it down start doing back drop readings to find the bad drop. Just hook the drop up to your meter again using the spectrum. You will see the ingress if the drop is bad. If you have pathtrac on your meter use both local and broadcast. Local setting is to the return output test point . Broadcast is to the main input testpoint. If you have never done this before then your going to have a hard time. Ingress can be a bitch to trac.
Hope this helps. If you dont have a SDA then forget about it. Nothing else will do.
Re: foward Ingress
Member #: 24020
Registered: 6/11/2003
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Name:
Tremblay Christian
Name:
Tremblay Christian
Company:
Broadband technical Services
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Sweeptech
Location:
Phoenix AZ
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