[c-nsp] Fixed 75ohm Attenuators

[Matt Stevens]

I just got a quote from e-meca.com for these. They quoted me $49.50 
each, with a minimum quantity of 6 for each item.

How were you able to get the $2.10 per attenuator pricing?
-- 
matt


Greg Boehnlein wrote:
> On Tue, 25 Oct 2005, Robert Boyle wrote:
> 
> 
>>I know people were discussing attenuator cables here a few weeks ago. I 
>>recently ran into a problem with massive LCVs on a PA-MC-T3 card connecting 
>>to our own mux which is in the same rack. I fixed the problem and now have 
>>zero errors after adding 13db of attenuation. The cisco attenuator kit 
>>(PA-ATTEN-KIT) is a direct ship only item and it costs about $125-150 with 
>>a 2-3 week lead time. I found another vendor which has the same attenuators 
>>in stock and ships the same day for a comparable price. Just in case anyone 
>>needs them.
>>
>>http://www.rf-attenuators-dividers-terminations-switches.com/JFW_75ohm_Fixed_Products.aspx#75FP-XXX-2G%20BNC
>>
>>I have no financial interest in or affiliation with them. I had an 
>>excellent experience with this company and I just wanted to pass on the 
>>info. It was hard to find attenuators with the right frequency response, 
>>attenuation value, and M-F BNC connectors, but they have them in stock.
> 
> 
> That is really expensive. I bought two sets of attenuators at $2.10 apiece 
> in 2 db increments from 2 to 20 db. Total cost was under $50 w/ shipping.
> 
> These were the parts: 
> http://www.e-meca.com/rf-attenuator/fixed-attenuator-bnc.htm
> 
> So you'll want part numbers:
> 
> 675-02-2
> 675-04-2
> 675-06-2
> 675-08-2
> 675-10-2
> 675-12-2
> 675-14-2
> 675-16-2
> 675-18-2
> 675-20-2
>  
> 
>>If you have never needed them, check out these pages from Cisco and 
>>remember this in the back of your head for when you have massive errors on 
>>a circuit which the telco loops as clean even after you replace the cables 
>>and the PA. :)
>>
>>http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/121/d3e3_tshoot.shtml
>>
>>http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/core/cis7505/portadpt/multi_ch/mc_t3/2695prep.htm#wp1026903
>>
>>http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/core/7206/fru/12884att.htm
>>
>>-Robert
>>
>>
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