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A commenter praises the long-term reliability of HP equipment, noting their organization still regularly uses an HP RF spectrum analyzer from the early 1980s.

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Post: "My first OTDR"

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RedditSep 25, 2026By u/Mercur68

r/FiberOptics

My first OTDR

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  • [comment u/of_the_mist] The old stuff just worked, we regularly use an old hp rf spectrum analyzer from the early 80's on one of our old satelite farms.

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  • “The old stuff just worked, we regularly use an old hp rf spectrum analyzer from the early 80's on one of our old satelite farms.”

    u/of_the_mist10 points · Sep 25, 2026View

  • “That's before my time! Old equipment is fun, sometimes if can do things new equipment can't if you trust it. But I think I'd rather stick with Exfo, lol!”

    u/Careful-Highway-68964 points · Sep 25, 2026View

  • “Boat anchor now. I bet that was 10k original purchase price easy. Had to adjust IOR and pulse width manually. These new techs have no idea the amount of time it took to test and upload and convert. 1 button testers take all the fun out of it.”

    u/Ok-Ball-59163 points · Sep 25, 2026View

  • “what connector does it use? FC?”

    u/wanemox2 points · Sep 26, 2026View

  • “Is that a floppy disk?”

    u/PizzaResident892 points · Sep 26, 2026View

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  • RF spectrum analyzer

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Sep 25, 2026
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        "author": "hankhill58",
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