Cable buyers read - droop issue / price issue
2003-02-19 by J. Larry Hendry
OK cable buyers, I have been listening to your comments. Some of you have expressed concern over droop. And, I have a revised and better price quote from another vendor. These two are related. So, read on please. DROOP ISSUE I will post photos tonight showing the droop of the new cable, and have some comparison photos with other cables so you can see for yourself. However, please be aware, that any cable that is like what I hear everyone asking for (braided high coverage shield and 20 gauge center conductor) is not going to have much droop. If we want LOTs of droop, we have to go with spiral shield and smaller center conductor. PRICE ISSUE: I have another quote for making our cables from a vendor that did not want to lose our business to Rapco. I bring this up in the same mail with the droop issue, because I believe that cable will have a little more droop to it. The reason is that vendor is proposing a Belden 90% spiral shield cable with 20 gauge conductor. I believe that cable will have slightly more droop. But, I don't look for it to be a lot more. Nothing like the small diameter Hosa cables some of use have been getting buy with. probably more like a Kavacy cable for those of you that have some of those. I have a sample coming. I'll add it to the droop photos when it gets here. The price is 10% lower. However, the cable is not translucent. We still get a nice selection of colors from this vendor. This wire comes in black, red, blue, purple, green, orange, yellow, white, and gray. The shrink colors are red, purple, gray, green, orange, brown, black, and blue. So, look at your cable order. You tell me if you want to give up the translucent look for a 10% overall savings. I'll let you know about the droop when the sample arrives. We can push the order back a little to make decisions and change things if needed. But, I loose some of my buying clout if I have to go to 2 vendors. Personally, I have no problem with spiral shield. However, 10% on the price is not that big a deal to me either. So, just one more thing to think about. :) You tell me. Larry