Fiber Optics, Test Equipment, Connectivity, Organizations............
This is a collection of links relating to our industry.   Fiber optics,  copper,  theory, standards, new products and more.........

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Magazines & Publishers

Delmar Publishers, publishers of The Fiber Optic Technicians Manual and Data, Voice and Video Cabling

Cabling Standards Update

Fiber optic Product News Magazine (and they have a great links page!)

Lightwave Magazine

Structured Cabling & Connecting Systems (Canada)

Electrical Contractor

TED, The Electrical Distributor

EC&M

America's Network

US Tech

Cable and Wire Central

Fibre Systems (UK)

Outside Plant

CED

Communications Technology

Electrical Advertiser Magazine

Communications News

CED

Cable Foreman

Electronic House Online

Aerospace Engineering

Product Design and Development

Cabling Installation and Maintenance

Cahners Publishing lots of technical magazines besides FPN

Penwell Publishing more than Lightwave and CI&M

Wire Technology

Telephony

Opto and Laser Europe (IOP Publishing)

Information Technologies for Utilities

Journal of Optical Communications (Germany)

European Product News and other European communications magazines

News/400 (IBM) and other computer magazines

Chilton Publishing

Government Purchasing Guide

Professional Societies & Trade Associations
• The Fiber Optic Association a new professional society for fiber optics
• AFL-CIO Building & Construction Trades Department
• American National Standards Institute
• Associated Builders & Contractors
• BICSI
• Electro-Optics Technology Center at Tufts University
• The Fibre Channel Association
• Insulated Cable Engineers Association
• Independent Electrical Contractors (IEC)
• International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW)
• International Engineering Consortium (IEC)
• IEC / CEI - International Electrotechnical Commission
• International Organization for Standardization (ISO)
• National Association of Communications Contractors
• National Center for Construction Education and Research
• National Fire Protection Association
• National Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee
• National Electrical Contractors Association (NECA)
• National System Contractors Association
• Optical Society of America (OSA)
• POFTO - The Plastic Optical Fiber Trade Organization
• SPIE
• Society of Cable Television Engineers (SCTE)
• Electronic Industries Association (EIA)
• EIA/TIA Fiber Optic LAN Section
• National Electrical Contractors Association Installation Standards
• Comm News' Guide to Industry Associations
• CCSDS Blue Book Documents
• Society of Flight Test Engineers (SFTE)
• Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
• IEEE Standards
• American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)
• American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE)
• International Society for Optical Engineering(SPIE)
• International Telecommunications Union (ITU) (formerly CCITT)
• Electronics Industry Association (EIA)
• American National Standards Institute (ANSI)
• Virginia Space Flight Center, Wallops Island, Virginia, USA
• Range Commanders Council

Trade Shows

The NECA Show  

The Electric Show

The AFCEA Show

The FOSE Show 

Miscellaneous Pages
• Build It Worldwide - A comprehensive web site for all constuction trades
• Excess Logistics - Broadband cable equipment and surplus fiber optic cable
• Jeff Hecht's Fiber Optic Chronology - a history of fiber optic achievements
• Global Engineering Documents - the source for almost every standard
• Sam's Sci.Electronics.Repair FAQ - An amazing amount of interesting info!
• The Internet Traffic Report - current statistics on the Internet
• Electric-Find - gateway to the electrical industry
• Mike Holt on the National Electric Code
• Everything you ever wanted to know about Ethernet!
• The Electrical Contractor Network
• ElectricSmarts
• CONWEB, a website created for contractors
• Intercom, Directory of Communications Companies
• Electricnet - a resource guide for the electric industry
• Optoelectronics World - Online Buyers Guide
• Broadband Guide - Telecommunications Equipment Resources
• UL - Underwriter's Laboratories
• RASCOM, the Russian Fiber Optic Network
• Listing of Telecom Acronyms
• DataCottage, a UK page on Network Cabling
• The Fibre Channel Industry Association
• Webopedia, an online dictionary for computers and networks

         Government Related
         
         

NASA Links

• NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC.
• Ames Research Center, Mountain View, CA.
• Dryden Flight Research, Center, Edwards, CA.
• Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD.
• Independent Validation & Verification Facility, Fairmont, WV.
• Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena CA.
• Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX.
• Kennedy Space Center, FL.
• Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA.
• Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL.
• Stennis Space Center, MS.
• Wallops Flight Facility, Wallops Island, VA.
• White Sands Test Facility , White Sands, NM.
  
  

Navy Links

• Naval Air Systems Command
• Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division
• Naval Command Control and Ocean Surveillance Center
• Amphibious Force, Seventh Fleet
• COMNAVAIRPAC
• Naval Air Station North Island, San Diego, CA
• Naval Air Station Whidbey Island
• Naval Aerospace Medical Research Laboratory
• Naval Observatory
• Naval Research Laboratory
• Office of Naval Research
• Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command
• Coastal Systems Station, Panama City, FL
• Naval Sea Systems Command