I know all the wanna be engineers are gonna slam me but here goes. Try hitting the center conductor w/ your tourch for a second or two. Then use your thumbnail to scrape off the dialectric."thats what that film is called", Some will tell you that this ruins the outer core of your stinger but I have seen no proof. And yes my stuff passes sweep. Also I work a charter system and there is no place in the spec book against this.
>Are any of you splicers or sweepers having trouble sweeping at 860 mhz QR-type cable? Here in the Charter system, if we do not clean the fine mylar film away from the inside of the outer aluminum jacket, it won't sweep. We are having to use small screwdrivers which have been partially sharpened to help move it back out of the way. The coring tools do not remove this fine film. We have tried various coring tools. Once in a while, one might remove the mylar. Most of the time, it doesn't. It surely is slowing us splicers down. We understand from one sweeper that there is not a problem until after it passes 800 mhz. Would like some feedback on possible solution other than what we are doing.
Re:Sweeping at 860 and QR cable
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