[Milsurplus] [ARC5] A Cable Question

[J. Forster]

Hi Robert,

Thank you.

The connector cable hole is certainly under that. I just don't understand
what was intended.

Best,

-John

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> John,
>
> The 1954 Amphenol catalog also lists the OD of RG-8/U as 0.405".  The only
> cable on their list that year close to 0.380" is RG-7/U @ 0.370".  It is
> 97
> ohm nominal impedance.  Where you would find any of it today, I couldn't
> say.
>
> In a message dated 07/27/2011 18:55:30 PM Central Daylight Time,
> jfor at quikus.com writes:
>> 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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