TRANSMISSION SPECIALISTS, INC

SPLICING AND COMPRESSION HANDS-ON EXAM

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Date: __________________________
1ST Try

Insert the RG-6 cable into a coax stripper tool.

Clamp and press gently the coax stripper tool around the cable
Once the tool is in place around the cable, smoothly spin the tool around the cable
4 or 5 times
Pull the cut portion of the cable
Make sure that the aluminum shield is levelly cut with the insulator
Bend back the exposed aluminum braided shield of the cable with your fingers
Make sure that no aluminum braided shield is attached to the inner conductor
Insert the RG-6 compression type connector to the RG-6 cable
Make sure that the end portion of insulator is levelly to the inner surface of the
connector
Make sure that the inner conductor is exposed over the RG-6 connector
Insert your cable and connector into the compression tool and press down on the
handles.
Make sure to cut the inner conductor diagonally and leveled to the outer surface of
the conductor.
Perform pull test

2ND Try