Longitudinal Sheath Current

By H. Mark Bowers — During 1991 and 1992, the CableLabs’ Outage Reduction Task Force expended considerable effort and research into finding practical solutions to reducing cable system outages. The final report was issued in August 1992 in conjunction with a CableLabs conference on this subject.

By H. Mark Bowers — Broadband noise generators offer a viable alternative to the tracking generator approach. A fairly flat RF output response noise generator can be purchased for several hundred dollars and can be paired with most spectrum analyzers.