[Elecraft] [OT] Drain Wire on CAT6 RFI resistant cable?

[Don Wilhelm]

  Brian,

Treat the drain wire the same as the shield.  It is just an extension of 
the shield.

73,
Don W3FPR

On 6/7/2011 11:31 PM, Brian - N5BCN wrote:
> Thanks to Don and Jim for their input on building a RFI resistant control
> cable.
>
> I've been informed by another poster that it's recommended to use stranded
> CAT5 or 6 verses solid wire.  The poster believes stranded wire would be
> more resistant to flexing, plugging, unplugging, etc. than solid wire.
>
> One last question on this issue:
>
> I've come across some nice (stranded) CAT6 cable that has a shield and a
> drain wire.  I'll have a decision to make on what to do with the shield, but
> is there a consensus (or not) on what to do with the drain wire?
>
> 73 N5BCN - Brian
>
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