This section is primarily dedicated to spectrum analyzer screen shots
of  various return path conditions and the associated opinions of what
all the squiggly lines mean. The opinions are basically mine based upon
personal experience, or derived from the accompanying comments and/or
descriptions of screen shots provided by others.

While hardly the definitive source of answers to "What the hell is that crap?",
this site is simply here to hopefully help those who may be just getting
their feet wet regarding return path problems and are staring at
their analyzers saying, "Whuh?".

Please send comments, opinions, questions, contributions, etc., to:
Poge@Pogenostics.com
 

Useless return spectrum. Downright nasty stuff. Notice the reference level of 48.8 dBmV.
(Courtesy - Jim Kuhns)
 

This is what your return should resemble when it's 'all good'. Notice the ref. level of 18.8 dBmV.
The above represents the input  to a LanCity LCe derived from over 130 Jerrold actives.
No fiber. No trunk segmentation. Just a whole bunch of older architecture working like it's
supposed to when properly aligned and high pass filters are utilized on all one-way drops.
( Courtesy - Poge Smit )
 

Zenith BPSK cable modem traffic centered at 12MHz. Notice the harmonic at 24Mhz.
(Courtesy - Poge Smit)

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