[Elecraft] KIOB

[Bob]

Hi Fred,

            No financial interest but one of the best sources I know of for 
cables is here:

http://www.l-com.com/

            If I have to "shorten" cables I fold them back on themselves and use 
wire ties to bundle that up.  Can dramatically reduce clutter and or Rats Nests.

73,
Bob
K2TK   ex KN2TKR (1956) & K2TKR

On 12/16/2015 7:49 PM, Fred Jensen wrote:
> Hmmm ... a big problem for me is that cables seem to come in lengths that are 
> almost universally too long.  I have a Wi-Fi dongle on top of the RemoteRig 
> box with a 6 ft [1.83 m] Cat5 cable connecting it to the RR box, all of 1 inch 
> [2.54 cm] below it. Sadly an RJ-45 crimper is expensive and I'd use it a few 
> times, probably all in one day, and never again.  The "USB" cable from the 
> wall wart that powers the dongle is also 6 ft [1.83 m] long. It only needs to 
> be 6 in [15.24 cm] long. Nick of Pignology made me a short flat cable from the 
> PigKnob interface to the K3 right below it, replacing about 8 ft [2.44 m].  I 
> wonder if there is a market out there, every contemporary ham station I've 
> seen gives lie to the term "wireless."
>
> 73,
>
> Fred K6DGW
> - Northern California Contest Club
> - CU in the Cal QSO Party 1-2 Oct 2016
> - www.cqp.org
>
> On 12/16/2015 4:10 PM, Don Wilhelm wrote:
>
>> In the "olden days", we did not have such clutter.  If one is willing to
>> do paper logging, there is no need for a computer connection and if we
>> stick to SSB and CW, we only need a microphone and a key - KISS
>> principle, and no extra cables except for the mic and key cables.
>>
>> Problem is that we 'want it all', and so the cable clutter expands
>> without bounds as each additional device is introduced.
>> I am planning a new operating desk that can be pulled away from the wall
>> so I can access the rear of the equipment and hopefully keep those
>> 'extra' cables neat and tidy.  It may be a while before that is realized.
>>
>> 73,
>> Don W3FPR
>
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