[ARC5] Cable: recap

[Kludge]

Okay, so shoestrings won’t be needed but I’m keeping that idea handy for
other apps.  One can never tell what evil lurks 
 etc.

 

At this point, my quest for the ultimate 
 errr, something is nearing its
goal.  Pat Schreiber came up with Narragansett Reproductions which has a
website and really good prices for wire, both Ken Gordon and Bob Krueger
mentioned SealTite with Robert Downs coming up with LiquaTite – same basic
product, different name.  One manufacturer of SealTite even makes a
shielding over flexible armor version that for all intents and purposes is
identical to what was used back before time and has the fittings to recreate
the entry points into a “manufacturer provided” SCR-A*-183 junction box.  

 

Mike Hanz and Dave Stinson were helpful with the wooden versions of those
selfsame junction boxes and several people commented on how to create the
appropriate (or inappropriate) markings for them.  Mine will have two
extras, a Rec Only-Trans Rec switch that was only used in earlier models
plus an extra cable to go to a BC-**-183 oscillator/frequency meter/BFO.*
Yes, I know it flies in the face of reality but it will have to do until I
can get a second receiver to handle Rx only functions.  At that point I get
to make another junction box to handle the complete system with the old one
relegated to the Rx only system.  

 

Since I’ll be using [mostly] open laced wiring for the SCR-274-N,
Narragansett once again comes to the rescue as do AC 43-13-1 & -2 to remind
me about lacing and support methods.  These haven’t changed since Noah was a
cabin boy so all I need is a mild refresher.*  The reason for the “[mostly]”
is that I don’t think I have open wiring connector shells for all the
connectors.  This means either modifying the shielded cable back shells I
have or using shielded cable.  The latter works only if I have shielded
backs for both ends.  If I don’t, life will get very interesting.

 

* The A&P in my sig stands for Airframe & Powerplant Mechanic (as opposed to
A&P supermarkets) which implies I once knew this stuff cold.  Or at least
tepid.  However, it has been a while and a small brush up can’t hurt.  

 

My father was a perfectionist and raised me to be just that.  In today’s
world it seems to be a terrible character flaw to produce the absolute best
one possibly can using all available resources.  You’d think that 14 years
of psych therapy along with several tours of psych lockdown would have cured
it but it’s still there, stubborn and ornery as ever.  So I look for the
bitzenpieces to make the wiring harnesses and machine the parts to make
tuning cables and even look for blueprints and/or photos of the actual
shelving used to support command radios so I can make a reasonable generic
copy* modified only to allow for collocating the control heads.  

 

* The civilian equipment will be easier although knowing what was allowable
from the end of the war until Mil W5086/2 came into use would be good.  I’m
pretty sure that fabric covered and plain PVC wire were flying then but I
don’t know for how long.  

 

So there it is.  Aren’t you glad you never asked?

 

Best regards,

 

Michael, WH7HG ex-K3MXO, ex-KN3MXO, WPE3ARS, BL01xh ex-Mensa A&P PP BGI 

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