While I can speak for no one else, I answered his question, "Does anyone have a recommendation for a company that would make a custom coax cable?”
I didn’t ask him why (not my business). Regards, Joel - W4JBB > On Dec 10, 2025, at 2:36 PM, Richards via Elecraft <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Perhaps I missed it, but I did not see a single recommendation for a > ham-built cable. Do hams no longer make cables? It seems a simple task. I > have made many cables for other hams - locally and on the Internet - mostly > for disabled hams who cannot solder for themselves. Shoot, I even taught an > old blind ham to make his own cables using crimp connectors (he asked, but I > lack the confidence to teach him how to solder . . . ) > > I am NOT being snarky or dissing anyone suggesting a commercial outfit - > merely wondering where all the DIY hams are, and why nobody suggested he > contact his local club or repeater crowd for a leg up from a local guy. > Shoot, maybe he can send me the parts and return postage and I can make it > for him. BTW, I work for bourbon . . . :-) > > It is a plug-n-play world I guess. K8JHR > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to [email protected] ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [email protected]
