Does anyone know who ran the coax cable from the Server Room to the Amateur Radio Room?
None of us in Ops have any knowledge of it and I’ll probably pull it back and/or cut it if we can’t figure out why it’s there.
ke5bud (Justin Edwards) and KI5L (Dietrich Whisennand) were working on the HAM setup. You might want to check with them and Ben Groves before you cut the coax.
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Why pull it or cut it?
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Bryan Gangwere doesn’t know anything about it and told me to ask Ben. I asked Ben and he knows nothing about it.
This wire has been there for a few months. If it’s not being used (I don’t know why we’d need a coax run from the Server Room to the AmRadio Room…) then it needs to be removed since it’s just taking up space and it’s not even terminated properly.
I wouldn’t pull it out and trash it, I would use it to pull additional Ethernet lines to the warehouse.
But also it’s ugly and it’s in my way in the Server Room.
That sounds vaguely familiar. I’m trying to remember, but I think someone mentioned doing it, back about the time the air line went in.
If it has been up there that long without being connected, then it should be considered abandoned. I wonder if someone was trying to get satellite tv or maybe over-the-air tv into a server.
Let me ask before you chop it I will check it out tonight or tomorrow for you. We had someone wanting to do something new and I cant remember if that was part of it. Pretty sure it isn’t but let me check.
Sure thing, I’ll be there tonight.
I just can’t think of any practical use for a coax run to the Server Room from the AmRadio room… unless we were going to install some equipment that needs to be secured but can be controlled remotely (a repeater?). There isn’t a run of coax from the Server Room to the roof.
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Yeah I know we had someone with a special interest project I just cant remember who. I cant see any reason either so I would say pull it and worse case well re run it if we need it later if its in your way.
I’ll wait until Thursday for someone to come forward, just in case. I’ll use it as a pull wire so I can run more ethernet to the warehouse.
Actually could you run a cable to the Amateur Radio room please? We will need it once the HF is up.
There was a reason and someone paid for the coax. Stuff was delayed due
to not having an antenna on the roof. Maybe that member is not on talk.
So there is no reason to cut, pull, and trash something. It’s not hurting
anyone and I’m sure the ceiling is full of other stuff to pull if someone
is interest in cleaning the attic.
It’s DMS’ coax. There is a reason, if you would please re-read. It’s in my way, as I stated - we’re running out of usable floor space and I’m having to stand on servers to patch in new Ethernet runs. And I’m going to use it as a pull cable to run useful things instead of leaving it as an unused cable. Really though, what use could it possibly have, running to the Server Room from the AmRadio Room? The Server Room doesn’t have connectivity to the roof. Coax cable isn’t Ethernet, so it couldn’t be used for that…
Run an Ethernet cable? Bryan Gangwere already has one run to the room, it’s plugged into the phone which is then plugged into the computer. If we need another ethernet line in there, I’d be happy to oblige 
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No that will do I will set up a split off of it after the phone. Thank you.
We’ve got loads of ports available on the switch and plenty of cat5. We’ll run a drop for you guys.
Scratch that, we’ll switch to a 4 or 6 port wall plate, with all jacks live.
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Ok thank you we appreciate that.
Is there a reason to not just tuck the coax up into the ceiling ? Undoing the work to pull it just because it’s there seems a bit wasteful of effort to me. Its probably run to the radio area so it could be run outside to an antenna. That work has been stalled for a while due to bad weather and busy weekends. A potential use could be something like an HD Homerun on the LAN. Could be a kind of cool thing to have, just off the top of my head.
More ports in the radio area: Very cool. I’m sure those will get used sooner or later.
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Please understand… running ethernet cable from scratch in the warehouse area is a huge pain. However, when I can attach ethernet lines to a strong, unused cable and pull them through, it becomes completely painless.
If anyone wants to run 4 Ethernet cables from scratch (and do it correctly), please be my guest and I’ll tuck the coax in the ceiling.