AUI cables needed

[Tom Peters]

Looking for some "frozen yellow garden hose?"

I have a spool of thicknet here. It's marked "DEC" and of course has a 
paint mark every meter where you can tap it. There's an N-connector on one 
end, the other end is cut.

The spool is marked "320 feet" but I don't see how there can be that much 
on it. I believe there's two layers of cable left wound on the spool, 42 
turns, 57" from one point on the spool to the same point on the next turn 
(very approximately) yields, whoa, 399 feet? Hmmm. Well, maybe there is 320 
feet on it.

I had thought to use it for amateur radio, since it's the right impedance, 
but I dunnol how much loss I'd see at VHF frequencies. I use 50 and 144 MHz 
radios, and 440 MHz UHF but I don't think this stuff is any good for UHF. 
But my problems would be terminating it in anything but an N-connector, and 
the fact that it would break down rapidly from UV exposure if I try to use 
it outdoors.

Make offer. Pick up in Southeastern Wisconsin. Or call a motor freight 
company for a quote for pickup and shipping from 53051.

73 de N9QQB


At 11:16 AM 4/1/2009 -0400, you wrote:
>Hello all,
>
>Does anyone have any AUI cables they do not need? I could use about five 
>or six and the shorter, the better. The minimum is 2 meters, I believe. 
>Cables at 2m or 3m would be ideal. This would be a contribution to the 
>"worlds most complex network" that is growing in my basement.
>
>Also a source for some thick Ethernet cable would be a big help.
>
>Contact me off list if you can help.
>
>Jim

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