[Elecraft] Cable provider recommendation

[Alan Bloom]

I'm quite capable of making cables but it's my least favorite DIY thing 
to do so I buy them pre-made whenever possible.

Alan N1AL


On 12/10/25 13:36, Richards via Elecraft wrote:
> 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