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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Jim,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The trick is to spread a little hole in the shield
close to the jacket then fish the center conductor and and shield through the
hole. The shield braid will be intact and then easy to solder. With a little
practice goes pretty fast and is clean.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>Take care,<BR>John</DIV>
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<DIV>Pacific Northwest Synth Meeting September 25, 2004</DIV>
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<A title=patchell@cox.net href="mailto:patchell@cox.net">James Patchell</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=synth-diy@dropmix.xs4all.nl
href="mailto:synth-diy@dropmix.xs4all.nl">synth-diy@dropmix.xs4all.nl</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, September 18, 2004 8:37
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [sdiy] Which Coax for
modular patch cables?</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>For the 1/4 inch patch cords I made, I used microphone
cable...but that is too thick for what you need... HOWEVER...some words
of wisdom...<BR><BR>I purchased 100 feet of cable at two different times (from
the one and only local electronics store). The first 100 feet had
braided shield...it takes a considerable amount of time to unbraid this...the
second 100 feed had a spiral wrapped shield...very easy to unwind, made
fabrication of the cables a lot quicker...so, before you buy, get a sample and
check it out...<BR><BR><BR>At 09:42 AM 9/18/2004 -0400, doof wrote:<BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=cite cite="" type="cite"><FONT face=arial size=2>Hello
all,</FONT><BR> <BR><FONT face=arial size=2>I'm building up a modular
system and I want to make my own patch cables. The system is primarily
of the mini-plug variety. Can anyone give me a recommendation on a
good brand/model of coax to use for this purpose? Primarily it needs
to be thin and flexible. Belden have something like
that?</FONT><BR> <BR><FONT face=arial
size=2>Thanks!</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE><X-SIGSEP>
<P></X-SIGSEP><X-TAB> </X-TAB>-Jim<BR>***************************************************************<BR><A
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