Found the cell site and the fiber pedestal.

Now what?

Once the plastic wrapper is off we can discard the orange wire, it was used to pull the fiber through the condit to the HUT.

The first fiber is marked with a one. According to my paperwork, it's assigned in this port.

The other end is in the HUT. I'll just look for the fiber marked with a one.

The QDFR is already mounted and grounded, with the fiber plugged in.

From the QDFR we add a multi port demarc. Once that's done and everything has been grounded we extend the wiring over to the customers equipment.

Forget the health club, I've found a new way to get back in shape.

Ever wonder what these metal boxes we see from the road?

Let's take a look.

There's a ladder mounted on the inside. Let's climb down.

It's bigger then a walk in closet, but smaller then an averaged sized bedroom.

If wired properly each card will have a green light.

The central office sends the signal to the field. This is the first place field technicians have access.

This is where the circuit leaves the CEV

When I see a QDFR I know this must be a cell site. There are three QDFR's here, two are stacked on top of each other.

Before getting to the QDFR the wire is pulled from here.

And this is the view from the cell site.

DMX Mux, or DISC's

A new mux. We're pre wiring for some existing circuits to be cut to this new mux.

The circuit arrives from the co to the field here. We wire from the co location to the relay rack location.

And the relay rack is located on the other side of the cabinet. Two circuits have already been cut.

Another new type of RT. This one is next to Hardin Valley School. One bit of wisdom I picked up today is the CO, or any remote tester, cannot see a short on an HDSL circuit. So much to learn!!

Feb. 2010

On this Moday, Feb. 1st, we repair a circuit in a telco room.

One thing I notice is a quad mount that's protected on the customer side, as well as the telco company side. My trainer explains that for a short while this was a company practice. Now the only circuits that are protected both sides are cell sites.

We repaired this circuit by cutting a change on the F1.

Friday - week 1

New quad mount installed. With a borrowed drill I placed the quad mount and did get it level. I remembered to place the ground wire, and the tag with the circuit ID. And I ran the CAT 5 to the rj21x, all on my own. My trainer had already carried in the card for me to place.

mux shelves are built from the bottom up

Can't say I remembered the mux as well as I remembered the color code.


We start here. Each circuit is given a location address. MD"xxxx", Muldem "A" , "B", or "C".

Once you locate the muldem you still have seven groups of 4 pairs in each muldem. For example we'll say muldem "A", group 1.

At dispatch we're given the muldem location MDxxxx, A-1-1. Now I know to look in muldem "A", group 1, circuit 1.

Now we can plug into our circuit port, which will cause a light to lght up on another shelf enabling you to identify another shelf that gives you better access to the circuit you're working on.

Jan. 27, 2010

After eight years working behind a desk I find myself once again in the field. It's interesting work, and I enjoy it, but it's also tough, especially at my age. There's the physical side of the job, and that's a concern, but there's also so much to learn. That's where I'm hoping this blog will help.

Today I worked at a cell site and helped install three circuits on a QDFR. I never heard of a QDFR before today.

At one point the tech. that's training me asked if I remembered our color code. I said yes and he handed me a punch down tool, and pointed to a 25 pair cable and a 66 block. I looked at the cable and the 66 block and thought, "I think I remember the color code."