[Milsurplus] A Cable Question

[J. Forster]

The standard RG-8/U is too big, not too small.

Thanks,

-John

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> 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
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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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