Ultra flexible Multi-Conductor Shielded cable source?

[Gary K9GS]

With all the talk of wiring microphone cables and such I was wondering
if anyone had a source for buying small quantities of really high
quality, ultra flexible, shielded cable?

I was thinking 2 conductor plus a shield.  This would also make a great
cable for attaching to a paddle.

I'm looking for something like a medical grade cable.

Any ideas??


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Gary K9GS

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[w7go]

Heil wire is very good quality & flexible.
Here is one company that handles it:
http://www.universal-radio.com/catalog/cable/2645.html

There are others.

73,

Tony W7GO

On Sun, Feb 19, 2012 at 12:23 PM, Gary K9GS <[hidden email]> wrote:

> With all the talk of wiring microphone cables and such I was wondering
> if anyone had a source for buying small quantities of really high
> quality, ultra flexible, shielded cable?
>
> I was thinking 2 conductor plus a shield.  This would also make a great
> cable for attaching to a paddle.
>
> I'm looking for something like a medical grade cable.
>
> Any ideas??
>
>
> --
>
>
> 73,
>
> Gary K9GS
>
> Check out K9NS on the web:  http://www.k9ns.com
> Greater Milwaukee DX Association: http://www.gmdxa.org
> Society of Midwest Contesters: http://www.w9smc.com
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[Mark Stennett]

http://www.canare.com/ProductItemDisplay.aspx?productItemID=53

Beautiful stuff.

73 de na6m


On 02/19/2012 02:23 PM, Gary K9GS wrote:

> With all the talk of wiring microphone cables and such I was wondering
> if anyone had a source for buying small quantities of really high
> quality, ultra flexible, shielded cable?
>
> I was thinking 2 conductor plus a shield.  This would also make a great
> cable for attaching to a paddle.
>
> I'm looking for something like a medical grade cable.
>
> Any ideas??
>
>

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[Jim Brown-10]

On 2/19/2012 12:23 PM, Gary K9GS wrote:
> With all the talk of wiring microphone cables and such I was wondering
> if anyone had a source for buying small quantities of really high
> quality, ultra flexible, shielded cable?
>
> I was thinking 2 conductor plus a shield.  This would also make a great
> cable for attaching to a paddle.
>
> I'm looking for something like a medical grade cable.

I suggest either your local sound contractor or a music store. What
you're looking for is portable microphone cable. The good manufacturers
of the raw cable are Belden and Gepco. The music store will sell you
cable with connectors on it that you don't need, so it will be more
expensive. A sound contractor can simply cut you a piece of cable off of
one the reels in his shop.

Make sure that he understands that you want PORTABLE mic cable, NOT rack
wiring cable. Both kinds are a twisted pair inside a shield, but the
portable cable will have a nice braid shield, while the rack cable will
be foil with a drain wire.  You do NOT need medical cable -- portable
mic cable is good quality and rugged.

73, Jim K9YC (a pro audio guy)
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[ve3dvy]

I have quite successfully used sections of HDMI cables for multi
shielded cables in many applications.    There are four shielded twisted
pairs one HDMI cable plus a number of signal lines. among other things I
used one when I adapted my David Clark aviation headset for my rig.  I
used one shielded line for the mic and the other for the ear phones  and
one of the other lines to provide bias for the mic.   works great.   For
analog use  I would think that most HDMI cables are fine but if you want
good grade some high end brands like monster cable can be pretty good
quality cable.

Another source is VGA cable with if memory server 3 shielded lines for  
RGB.  these are unbalanced (singe ended)

Last is USB   there are four conductors   two are twisted pair typically
green and white   they are all shielded in one jacket.


On 2/19/2012 12:23 PM, Gary K9GS wrote:

> With all the talk of wiring microphone cables and such I was wondering
> if anyone had a source for buying small quantities of really high
> quality, ultra flexible, shielded cable?
>
> I was thinking 2 conductor plus a shield.  This would also make a great
> cable for attaching to a paddle.
>
> I'm looking for something like a medical grade cable.
>
> Any ideas??
>
>

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[Phil Salas]

I bought a 100-ft roll of S-Video cable from www.allelectronics.com, part
number CB-285.  Price is $18.  This is a black, round cable that includes
two internal shielded cables.  This is good stuff - relatively small and
flexible.

Phil - AD5X

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[Dave Ingram]

Hi,

I used cable from Heil to make up a lead for my Heil GM2 hand mike. The cable
is nice and floppy.
    http://www.heilsound.com/amateur/products/heilwire/

I bought a 10' length  from the shop that I bought the mic from. The PTT pair
is outside the screening for the mic pair to try and keep digital noise away
from the analogue signal. It works nicely on my K3. The price is roughly
US$1/ft. The 'Stealth Connector' from Heil works nicely with the K3 and I used
that along with a 4pin XLR cable jack to make my own mic lead.
    http://www.heilsound.com/amateur/products/8pin/

I don't have shares in Heil, but I do like their mics, headsets, cables and plugs.


Dave, VK4TDI
   
On 20/02/2012 6:23, Gary K9GS wrote:

> With all the talk of wiring microphone cables and such I was wondering
> if anyone had a source for buying small quantities of really high
> quality, ultra flexible, shielded cable?
>
> I was thinking 2 conductor plus a shield.  This would also make a great
> cable for attaching to a paddle.
>
> I'm looking for something like a medical grade cable.
>
> Any ideas??
>
>

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[Jim Brown-10]

On 2/19/2012 6:59 PM, David Moes wrote:
> For
> analog use  I would think that most HDMI cables are fine but if you want
> good grade some high end brands like monster cable can be pretty good
> quality cable.

The only things that are "high grade" about Monster cables and their
competitors are the advertising hype and the price.  As in "a fool and
his money are easily separated."  Stores LOVE crap like that because
they are very high profit items, but they offer no real value.

Stick to cable from good manufacturers. Belden and Gepco are the good US
mfrs, and there are dozens of no-name companies selling stuff with
questionable construction and performance.  Canare is ok, but not great,
and is overpriced.  West Penn is also a step down.

73, Jim K9YC



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[ve3dvy]

The only things that are "high grade" about Monster cables and their
competitors are the advertising hype and the price.

I agree that monster cable is a thousand times overkill  and equally
overpriced but in many cases the cables and wires are  high quality.  
speaker cables not included.  often you can find them in a surplus store
like I did (beware of knock offs) like Princess auto   I recently
purchased some monster HDMI and component video cables at Princess auto
at a surplus price about 20% of retail.  I repurposed them changing ends
etc for use at the theatre and in the case of the HDMI for my headset. I
was quite surprised at the quality of the cables with multiple foil and
tight braided shields and decent gauge center conductors.

Stick to cable from good manufacturers. Belden and Gepco are the good US
mfrs, and there are dozens of no-name companies selling stuff with
questionable construction and performance.  Canare is ok, but not great,
and is overpriced.  West Penn is also a step down.

having worked  in theatres with audio for years I have found that the
beldens and other "pro grade" cables are great quality especially when
bought by the spool or in custom snakes etc but be aware that  often
those short cables in the blister packs hanging on the rack at the music
store with belden labels are not always what you expect,   I have had to
change ends on belden off the shelf cables because of an internal
breakage  only to find a thick outer insulation and over a poorly
shielded and sometimes not even braided coax or pair.   at the theatre I
no longer buy short lengths for this reason  just make them up myself
from the spool.     I got the impression from the OP that he was looking
for short lengths and not for a spool so thats why I suggested what I did.





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[Byron Servies]

FYI,

I use bluejeanscable.com now.  They use Belden cable and I find their
prices and quality to be very good.

73, Byron N6NUL

On Sun, Feb 19, 2012 at 9:43 PM, Jim Brown <[hidden email]> wrote:

> On 2/19/2012 6:59 PM, David Moes wrote:
>> For
>> analog use  I would think that most HDMI cables are fine but if you want
>> good grade some high end brands like monster cable can be pretty good
>> quality cable.
>
> The only things that are "high grade" about Monster cables and their
> competitors are the advertising hype and the price.  As in "a fool and
> his money are easily separated."  Stores LOVE crap like that because
> they are very high profit items, but they offer no real value.
>
> Stick to cable from good manufacturers. Belden and Gepco are the good US
> mfrs, and there are dozens of no-name companies selling stuff with
> questionable construction and performance.  Canare is ok, but not great,
> and is overpriced.  West Penn is also a step down.
>
> 73, Jim K9YC
>
>
>
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