Triplett Hound 3 – PN: 3392 - Manual (Page 25)

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center conductor of the coax, and the other clip to the shield
of the coax.
The grounded method often works better for tracing coaxial
cables. Connect one clip of the FOX or FOX 2 to a ground or
fake ground, and the other clip to the shield of the coax.
This method will cause the coax to radiate enough tracer
tone to trace the coax through drywall.
To identify the coax, if using the floating method and a FOX
2, momentarily short the shield and center conductor to-
gether to active True Trace, and listen for the cadence change.
If it changes, you’ve found the target coax. If no change oc-
curs, keep searching.
To identify the coax, if using the grounded method and a
FOX 2, momentarily short the shield to ground to active True
Trace, and listen for the cadence change. If it changes, you’ve
found the target coax. If no change occurs, keep searching.
This will not work if a fake ground is being used. An actual
ground is required to activate True Trace.
To identify the coax, if using a FOX, use the Remote Tone Kill
technique (previously described).
Note: It is not unusual for the loose turn-able part of a co-
axial connector to have poor electrical contact to the cable
shield until it is screwed on to its mating connector. Conse-
quently, True Trace may not activate if this part of the con-
nector is contacted.