[Milsurplus] Tinsel cord

[Peter Gottlieb]

Try some superflex ultrafinely stranded silicone insulated wire you can get on 
ebay.  Frequently used in model RC aircraft.

Peter
kb2vtl


On 9/23/2017 4:16 PM, Kenneth G. Gordon wrote:
> Some time ago, someone mentioned here that there was some outfit somewhere in the U.S.
> which made "tinsel cord" wires to a special order.
>
> I need at least one which reaches from one headphone across the top to the other
> headphone as the only one I have here measures 54 ohms resistance, which seems
> excessive to me.
>
> I could replace it with some zip-cord and some small brass tubing, but the constant flexing
> seems to break the stuff, always at "critical" times, even when it is crimped and not
> soldered. Soldering it makes it break far sooner.
>
> Anyone?
>
> I am trying to build a set of decent headphones here. Sometime ago, I managed to buy
> some unused chamois type of cushions which work very well.
>
> The only thing that I find odd about these is that the "milled slots" in the rubber for the wires
> to the phones are obviously designed for headphones in which the wires are UNDER the
> chin of the wearer. I've never seen a set of such phones in the "flesh" but have seen photos
> of them.
>
> My present 'phones, which have tear-drop shaped rubber cups and ANB-H1A elements
> recently failed in that one of the ANB-H1A elements opened up.
>
> Ken W7EKB
>
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