[Elecraft] Cable provider recommendation

Richards jrichards at k8jhr.com
Wed Dec 10 15:36:56 EST 2025


Perhaps I missed it, but I did not see a single recommendation for a 
ham-built cable.  Do hams no longer make cables?  It seems a simple 
task.  I have made many cables for other hams - locally and on the 
Internet - mostly for disabled hams who cannot solder for themselves. 
Shoot, I even taught an old blind ham to make his own cables using crimp 
connectors (he asked, but I lack the confidence to teach him how to 
solder . . . )

I am NOT being snarky or dissing anyone suggesting a commercial outfit - 
merely wondering where all the DIY hams are, and why nobody suggested he 
contact his local club or repeater crowd for a leg up from a local guy. 
Shoot, maybe he can send me the parts and return postage and I can make 
it for him.  BTW, I work for bourbon . . .     :-)

It is a plug-n-play world I guess.  K8JHR


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