[Milsurplus] Looking for inexpensive wire sources for making up cables

[C.Whitaker]

de WB2CPN
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73  Clete
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On 1/31/2013 3:56 PM, J. Forster wrote:
> You are going to have to pay considerably more than scrap. You might look
> for THHN at an electrical supply place or Home Depot/Lowes. It sort of
> looks like the nylo0n over PVC of later WW II.
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> -John
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>   Folks,
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>> I'd like to make up a few cables (for different airborne radio setups) to
>> look like the white wire bundles as seen in WW2 era photos. Presently I'm
>> using some surplus multicondictor, rubber or PVC sheathed cables which
>> contain heavier than the originally specified wires, so the whole cable is
>> very stiff and hard to assemble into the connectors.
>>
>> I need #12, #14, #16 and #22 wires. I just don't want to spend the money
>> for
>> brand new wire spools as sold by the various major electronics
>> distributors.
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>> Does anyone know of surplus wire vendors where I can get wire and it won't
>> cost me an arm and a leg?
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>> Thanks for any info,
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>> 73, Meir WF2U
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>> Landrum, SC
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