[Elecraft] Microphone cable problem "solved"

[Tom Hammond]

Eric:

>>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.
>
>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.

For what (little) it may be worth, when I suspect a demaged mic cable (and 
I've had more than my share of them over the years), I've found that I can 
usually locate the point of the break by HOLDING one end of the cable 
perfectly steady while moving the other end back and forth, or in/out. If 
that end does not demonstrate a problem, I'll hold IT steady and move the 
other end. Then, once I find which end of the cable is the culprit. I can 
usually pull on the wire (not the insulation) and pull it right out of its 
insulation. Once I have the broken wire in hand, I can lay it up against 
the other wires to 'measure' precisely where the break occurred.

73,

Tom Hammond   N0SS