[ARC5] Cordage...

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I've used sections of XLR cable for some mic cords. Extra wire & all that but some of it looks okay on the outside.

Wayne
WB4OGM

On Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 02:40:43 PM MDT, Doran Platt via ARC5 <arc5 at mailman.qth.net> wrote: 

The extension cord for the HS-23 and HS-33 use a 2 conductor rubber covered flexible cable. The T-17() series mics yse a 3 conductor rubber covered cable. I assume that crew station permanently installed cables for the headsets are also 2 conductor.  I have been looking for fenuinly flexible cables for a very long time, settling on reels of rubber a.c. cordage from HD.  For mic cords, I simply use cut-up a.c. cords from computers and such. Not as flexible but the diameters of both the above fit into PL-55, PJ-055B, PL-68, and JK-26 connectors and secure nicely using the provided brass clamps.  As a footnote, as a CAP cadet in the 50's, at obe summer encampment at Andrew's AFB, a few of us were assigned to the flightless radio shop. We learned how to use fabric cord the tightly secure the wire cables into plugs, the old fashioned way. 


Jeep K3HVG 

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>  On 04/12/2025 3:48 PM EDT Craig Cantwell via ARC5 <arc5 at mailman.qth.net> wrote: 

>  Anyone have any books or manuals or catalogs that have information on CO-122 or CO-119 cordage? I need to figure out a modern replacement for both of these. The -122 is used on the T-17 hand mic's and the -119 is used with the RC-36 Interphone system in the airplane. I believe that the -122 is a 4 conductor with a rubberized cover. I'm not sure, but the -119 may be 8 conductor with a shield, but no clue on covering. 
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