[CW] Flex Cable Source?

[David J. Ring, Jr.]

Frank,

The "mouse wire" would be perfect - it seems to be engineered to be failure 
proof - if the original fellow would use a 1/8 inch stereo to 1/4 inch 
stereo adapter.

However, he asked for wire that would fit the 1/4 inch plug and I know of no 
cable that is more flexible than this Belden microphone cable.  I'll have to 
dig in my "junque" box and see if I can get the inventory number from the 
side of the cable.  It is a superflex cable with a non-reflective casing, it 
has three wires plus 100% copper shield and a aluminum shield as well.  The 
copper in the shield is quite thin however - but it still is 100% shielded 
which is important in sound work - no hum that way with a balanced 
microphone (2 wires) and 100% shielding.

Works well in r.f. environments for keys too.  I've seen people use 
telephone "station" wire - unshielded - and find out they had r.f. problems 
with their keyers falsing.

v73

David N1EA

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <fkamp at comcast.net>

If I need a really decently flexible cable I use one of the
ones I slavaged from defective mice.  Those long tailed,
hand held plastic mice with the roller ball in the bottom
and the finger acutated microswitches on the top.

There is lots of other computer flotsom that comes in handy
for amateur radio applications.

Regards,
Frank Kamp
K5DKZ