Drop (telecommunication)






A TV antenna with a long downlead visible at right


In a communications network, a drop is the portion of a device directly connected to the internal station facilities, such as toward a telephone switchboard, toward a switching center, or toward a telephone exchange. A drop can also be a wire or cable from a pole or cable terminus to a building, in which case it may be referred to as a downlead. These cables may be reinforced to withstand the tension (due to gravity and weather) of an aerial drop (i.e., hanging in air), as in "messenger" type RG-6 coaxial cable, which is reinforced with a steel messenger wire along its length.



Sources



  • Federal Standard 1037C, in support of MIL-STD-188


External links


  • Drop Wire Information https://web.archive.org/web/20140419020353/http://www.dropwire.co.uk/



Popular posts from this blog

How to pass form data using jquery Ajax to insert data in database?

Guess what letter conforming each word

National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame