[ARC5] [Milsurplus] What is this flex cable for ?

[Michael Hanz]

On 4/2/2023 7:46 PM, Hubert Miller wrote:
> Not that i come across such flex cable on my own very often, but i think i should learn the characteristics
> of the various sizes:

Of that list, with the exception of the RCA commercial, there are only 
two different kinds of cables, Hue.  My article at 
https://aafradio.org/garajmahal/flex_drive_cables.html covers details of 
the two types.
These sets use the larger sheath cable, which has a thread of 5/8"-27:  
SCR-183/283   RU-GF   Bendix MN-series  SCR-269-series ARN-6 (and a host 
of other sets - mostly Bendix in origin.)

These sets use the smaller sheath diameter cable, which has a thread of 
1/2"-27:  AN/ARC-5  SCR-274  ARA-ATA (and a lot of postwar radios, which 
I don't track.)

Now, the cable on ebay _says_ the threads "/look to have 5/8”-24 
Thread/" but I don't know how accurate his assertion is.  Looking 
doesn't trump using a good thread gauge and confirming the TPI.  The 
cables I have run into with that thread will _not_ fit the military 
threaded receiver fittings without using pliers.

73,
Mike  KC4TOS
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