Just curious, since there are so many techs from a variety of cable providers here, what type of RF meter are you all using?
We use a Sunrise CM500 and/or CM1000. These are excellent meters.
The reason that I ask, is that I've read through the majority of the cable card threads on this site. I have found some very useful info, but have noticed comments about using spectrum analyzers, measuring MER, BER (pre & post) etc... These meters do all that. The CM1000 can also show you the constellation. Also they have the built in cable modem. It has made me much more productive since being issued one.