dont got time to read all this but let me give you alittle advice alot of drops read noise that you will not see at the node but a far out drop with noise going thur couplers will be screaming by the time it hits node noise doubles at every splitter
theres no dogg like a LINEDOGG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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