[Elecraft] What kind of hook-up wire does Elecraft use?

[Chris Waldrup]

Hi,

I use the  M22759 series for everything I build both at my home shop and lab at work, a large defense related company. 
It's inexpensive and Teflon insulation. 
I bought 2000 ft of #18 last week for work and it's right at 12 cents a foot. It doesn't melt when you solder to it and is easy to work with.  
The 22 AWG  I normally buy is 3 cents a foot. 
We buy from Wiremasters south of Nashville in Columbia TN. 
$50 minimum order but no minimum on wire lengths. So you could buy as many feet of each gauge and color as you would like. 
Normally for home use I buy a thousand feet of a size/color at a time. 
When I started my work was buying the wire from Digi-Key and it was $60 for 100 ft spool. They no longer do and didn't know about other supplier. 
I can connect anyone interested with the rep there I use. 

Chris
KD4PBJ
Monteagle TN


> On May 2, 2021, at 16:09, Mark Goldberg <marklgoldberg at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> If you want the best, super easy to solder and strip, there is M16878/4.
> M16878/5 or M16878/6 Silver plated stranded Copper wire with Teflon
> insulation. It is very expensive and I can't see where to buy small
> quantities except on eBay where it may be sketchy. /4 is probably most
> typical 600V insulated. I got some off spool ends and you may find it at
> Hamfests if someone is doing surplus stuff. It does not dry out and lose
> plasticisers like PVC, so it is good even if it is old.
> 
> 73,
> 
> Mark
> W7MLG
> 
> 
>> On Sun, May 2, 2021 at 10:19 AM David Haines <dhaines at bates.edu> wrote:
>> 
>> My son has been having trouble with the quality of hook-up wire he's
>> able to buy for his projects.  There's clearly a difference in vendors.
>> 
>> I'm sure Elecraft uses the best.  Any help here?
>> 
>> david
>> KC1DNY
>> in the woods of Maine
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