[Milsurplus] A Cable Question

[B Smith]

Perhaps double shielded RG-8 would fit better.

breck k4che



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From: "J. Forster" <jfor at quikus.com>
Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2011 7:54 PM
To: <arc5 at mailman.qth.net>; 
<milsurplus at mailman.qth.net>; 
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Subject: [Milsurplus] A Cable Question

OK, this is involved:

I'm working on a LORAN-A receiver for a Museum 
Ship and the antenna
connector is an Amphenol Type 93. This is an early 
WW II aardvaark, used
in only a few places AFAIK. Thanks to a generous 
list member, I now have
the proper connector in hand.

However, the connector will not take standard RG-8 
or RG-214 cable. Their
OD is to big.

Assembly instructions from another list member 
calls out Navy Type
CASSF-50-1 cable.

Furthermore Google finds in "(1954) AN 16-30ARC5-2 
Handbook Maintenance
Instructions AN/ARC-5" that this cable is used to 
connect a VHF ARC-5 to
the antanna and crosses it to RG-8/U.

However, a check of current catalog of this cable 
specifies an OD of 0.405
nominal, which will not fit.

Apparently, the OD of RG-8 has changed over time. 
I think cable of OD
<0.380" will work. The center conductor needs to 
be stranded.

So, does anybody know where I can get a few (6?) 
feet of the stuff, even
more preferably with an PL-259 on one end? I'd buy 
a roll of maybe 100' if
there is a source.

Thanks,

-John

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