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george1531
On our wavelength
2 months ago
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Old cable & wireless under drive 1997/coax questions

Just a quick few questions I know a few things about technical stuff, but I haven't posted here so I will try to get a quick reply The cable that goes under my drive has been laid by cable and wi...
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    asim18
    2 months ago

    They both perform the same basic function. Both types of attenuator will attenuate the forward path as well as the return path. It's just that the newer ones aren't labelled as "forward path" but it is still technically a forward path attenuator because the return attenuation does not vary and stays consistent whether you're using a 3db attenuator or a 20db attenuator. (this is confirmed in the datasheet on the technetix product pages for both attenuators).

    The only difference between the newer one and the old one are bandwidth tolerances. The newer ones can tolerate much higher frequencies.