[Elecraft] Microphone cable problem "solved"

[Eric Wosten]

>Ooops I reread the post....was thinking you found a loose wire in the
>shell not at the strain relief.....very common problem with any
>microphone cable....that's what I always do is cut it back a bit so you
>can feed clean cable thru the spring and rewire everything...don't
>forget good strain relief work...if need be use a plastic tie-wrap
>inside the housing to make sure you can't pull it out.

Found the spot where it was loose, abt  one inch from the spiral on the
mike end of the cable.

Nothing weird on the outside of the cable, no apparent reason. Must
have been caused in the cable factory.

The bad news is one never knows where to find it, so I started cutting up
the cable from both ends,  lost abt 4 inches in total length.

First spot I suspected was where the tie-wrap is put on inside the mike,
but it was fine there.

Put on a new tie-wrap and will solder everything in it's new position.


Eric PA3CEV