RR.... thanks... think I've established that they are using flat ribbon 6-conductor cable with the "old" color scheme, parallel, non-twisted...
And yes, all my experience says that: 1) using PROPERLY constructed twisted-pair cable choosing the correct pairs (use 3 of 4 pair on CAT-5/6/7 wire, will yield a much more robust standard length cable... and 2) significantly extended cable will likely REQUIRE some form of twisted pairing, and perhaps even some additional "tricks" like 1 ground (Vss) per signal, etc, etc... and perhaps even an STP with the shield bonded to the chassis on the K-pod and K3(s) etc... I don't KNOW any of this... But all of my experience leads me to think in this direction. Granted, at the moment it is a solution in search of a problem. ;-) 73, ______________________ Clay Autery, KY5G MONTAC Enterprises (318) 518-1389 On 7/16/2016 7:35 PM, Don Wilhelm wrote: > Clay, > > The cable is 5 (active) parallel wires, no twisted pairs. > Yes, you can probably construct a cable with twisted pairs that would > work well over a much greater distance, but that is only a guess at > this point. > Why not give it a try and report your results. > > 73, > Don W3FPR > > On 7/16/2016 8:13 PM, Clay Autery wrote: >> Thanks Ron... >> >> I know it is straight through, but the color codes on the shipping cable >> are key to my research/testing so I can determine: >> >> 1) Which signals are paired/not paired, and >> >> 2) Which pair signals are on (due to the differing twist rate on each >> pair). >> >> If the shipping cable isn't using twisted pair, I would be even more >> interested in doing some testing... >> >> > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
