[Elecraft] High quality stereo cables

[Dave Hachadorian]

At K9YC's suggestion, I just cut open one of Monoprice's standard
3.5 mm stereo extension cables.  Actually, it doesn't look so
hot.  There are just three individual, plastic-insulated,
parallel, non-twisted wires inside the jacket - tip, ring, and
shell.  There is no shield.  I haven't had any flaky connection
issues, RFI or hum though.

I don't have one of their "premium" cables to cut up, but if you
look at them closely on the web site they are made from two
individual cables, labeled "RG-59/U coaxial cable 75 ohm."  This
one for example:
http://www.monoprice.com/Product?ab3=b&utm_expid=58369800-11.KFcpHWqASSutMqNPOqaJVg.1&c_id=102&cp_id=10218&cs_id=1021812&p_id=5580&seq=1&format=2&utm_referrer=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.monoprice.com%2FCategory%3Fc_id%3D102%26cp_id%3D10218

I do know that those premium cables are bulky though, and the 
connectors are rather large, so they may physically block an 
adjacent jack.

Dave Hachadorian, K6LL
Yuma, AZ



-----Original Message----- 
From: Jim Brown
Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2014 8:01 AM
To: Dave Hachadorian
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] High quality stereo cables

On 1/23/2014 6:37 AM, Dave Hachadorian wrote:
> I buy all my A/V cables from monoprice.com

Dave,

Have you cut them open and looked at the cable?

73, Jim K9YC