AUI cables needed

[Jim Scheef]

Tom and all,

My apologies for ignoring the list for a time.

That spool is a bit more than I need (even ignoring the distance 
involved), but your message does make me think that obtaining some 
thicknet is going to be a challenge. It is not exactly conducive to 
shipment by parcel post. What is the minimum diameter that thicknet 
could be looped and still be straightened back out? I suspect that, like 
electrical conduit, it is "bend twice only" and pulling it off the spool 
counts as the first bend.

At some point I may try to have some shipped directly to InfoAge for the 
MARCH museum but I need to make it work at home first.

Jim

Tom Peters wrote:
> 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
> 
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