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Ron W3ZV

Wire labeling - slightly OT

I am bound and determined to clean up the K-line rat's nest behind my
radio desk. I want to label every wire and cable at both ends. Anyone
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Gary Gregory-2

Re: Wire labeling - slightly OT

Brother P-Touch label maker works great for me.
Gary

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Subject: [Elecraft] Wire labeling - slightly OT

I am bound and determined to clean up the K-line rat's nest behind my
radio desk. I want to label every wire and cable at both ends. Anyone
have a suggestion, commercial or homemade, to accomplish this? Reply off
the list to [hidden email]. Thanks.
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Jim AB3CV

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Not OT at all! Please keep onlist!

jim ab3cv

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> I am bound and determined to clean up the K-line rat's nest behind my
> radio desk. I want to label every wire and cable at both ends. Anyone have
> a suggestion, commercial or homemade, to accomplish this? Reply off the
> list to [hidden email]. Thanks.
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Don Wilhelm-4

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Ron,

My P-Touch Label printer works fine for me.
You can get wire labels at an electrical supply house - letters A-Z or
numbers - they wrap around the cable without sticking out, then make
yourself a chart of which goes where.

73,
Don W3FPR

On 9/8/2015 2:27 PM, Ron W3ZV wrote:
> I am bound and determined to clean up the K-line rat's nest behind my
> radio desk. I want to label every wire and cable at both ends. Anyone
> have a suggestion, commercial or homemade, to accomplish this? Reply
> off the list to [hidden email]. Thanks.

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Al Gulseth-2

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If you have enough inside diameter to slide a piece of clear heat shrink
tubing over the cable end, printing out a label on your computer and then
shrinking the tubing over over it looks nice/professional and stays in place.

I've also seen tie wrap tags used on cabling here and there.

73 es GL, Al

On Tue September 8 2015 1:27:24 pm Ron W3ZV wrote:
> I am bound and determined to clean up the K-line rat's nest behind my
> radio desk. I want to label every wire and cable at both ends. Anyone
> have a suggestion, commercial or homemade, to accomplish this? Reply off
> the list to [hidden email]. Thanks.
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Ken G Kopp

Re: Wire labeling - slightly OT

I have have TyWraps (SP?) with tabs to write on that are about .5 x 1".

73 Ken - K0PP
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On Sep 8, 2015 12:47 PM, "Al Gulseth" <[hidden email]> wrote:

> If you have enough inside diameter to slide a piece of clear heat shrink
> tubing over the cable end, printing out a label on your computer and then
> shrinking the tubing over over it looks nice/professional and stays in
> place.
>
> I've also seen tie wrap tags used on cabling here and there.
>
> 73 es GL, Al
>
> On Tue September 8 2015 1:27:24 pm Ron W3ZV wrote:
> > I am bound and determined to clean up the K-line rat's nest behind my
> > radio desk. I want to label every wire and cable at both ends. Anyone
> > have a suggestion, commercial or homemade, to accomplish this? Reply off
> > the list to [hidden email]. Thanks.
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Lynn W. Taylor, WB6UUT

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Yep.

On 9/8/2015 11:30 AM, Gary wrote:
> Brother P-Touch label maker works great for me.
> Gary
>
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David Christ

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If you have a laminator, print out a sheet with all the labels you need, laminate the sheet, cut out the labels and fasten to the cable with small zip ties or tie wraps..

Or you could do the same with a plastic report cover like used with comb binding and a fine tip permanent marker.

David K0LUM

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> I am bound and determined to clean up the K-line rat's nest behind my radio desk. I want to label every wire and cable at both ends. Anyone have a suggestion, commercial or homemade, to accomplish this? Reply off the list to [hidden email]. Thanks.
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Josh Fiden

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I like Panduit write-on labels. It's clear vinyl adhesive tape with a
white section you can write on. After marking it (fine point Sharpie
works well), you pull the piece out of the dispenser, stick it on the
cable and wrap it around so that it 'self laminates.'

http://www.mouser.com/ds/2/319/S100X125CVARY%20Product%20Page-225275.pdf

73,
Josh W6XU

On 9/8/2015 11:27 AM, Ron W3ZV wrote:
> I am bound and determined to clean up the K-line rat's nest behind my
> radio desk. I want to label every wire and cable at both ends. Anyone
> have a suggestion, commercial or homemade, to accomplish this? Reply
> off the list to [hidden email]. Thanks.

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Byron Servies

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Hi,

I have had trouble with the Brother P-touch labels delaminating after
a short time, and they don't seem to last outdoors at all. I switched
to the 3M label maker, which I believe is a re-branded Brother but I'm
not sure of the cartridge compatibility:

http://multimedia.3m.com/mws/media/988580O/3m-portable-labeller-refill-cartridges-au.pdf

So far, they are lasting longer than the p-touch labels, and the
shrink wrap versions are nice with the vertical printing capability on
the 3M label maker. 3M/Scotch also make wire ID booklets, but I
haven't used them:

http://multimedia.3m.com/mws/media/592245O/06-wire-id-emd-2009-catalog.pdf

HTH,

73, Byron N6NUL

On Tue, Sep 8, 2015 at 11:27 AM, Ron W3ZV <[hidden email]> wrote:

> I am bound and determined to clean up the K-line rat's nest behind my radio
> desk. I want to label every wire and cable at both ends. Anyone have a
> suggestion, commercial or homemade, to accomplish this? Reply off the list
> to [hidden email]. Thanks.
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Deni F5VJC

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Brother P-Touch labels.

73, Deni - F5VJC

On 8 September 2015 at 22:05, Josh Fiden <[hidden email]> wrote:

> I like Panduit write-on labels. It's clear vinyl adhesive tape with a
> white section you can write on. After marking it (fine point Sharpie works
> well), you pull the piece out of the dispenser, stick it on the cable and
> wrap it around so that it 'self laminates.'
>
> http://www.mouser.com/ds/2/319/S100X125CVARY%20Product%20Page-225275.pdf
>
> 73,
> Josh W6XU
>
> On 9/8/2015 11:27 AM, Ron W3ZV wrote:
>
>> I am bound and determined to clean up the K-line rat's nest behind my
>> radio desk. I want to label every wire and cable at both ends. Anyone have
>> a suggestion, commercial or homemade, to accomplish this? Reply off the
>> list to [hidden email]. Thanks.
>>
>
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'DGB'

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Exactly what I use ... works nice!

de ns9i

On 9/8/2015 1:30 PM, Gary wrote:

> Brother P-Touch label maker works great for me.
> Gary
>
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> Subject: [Elecraft] Wire labeling - slightly OT
>
> I am bound and determined to clean up the K-line rat's nest behind my
> radio desk. I want to label every wire and cable at both ends. Anyone
> have a suggestion, commercial or homemade, to accomplish this? Reply off
> the list to [hidden email]. Thanks.

NK7Z

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and clear heat shrink...
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On Tue, 2015-09-08 at 22:18 +0200, F5vjc wrote:
> Brother P-Touch labels.
>
> 73, Deni - F5VJC
>
>
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Rick WA6NHC

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P-Touch. No doubt. I even keep a small one in the RV.

Spend $10 more and get the version with a USB port for easier font changes, artwork etc.

Costco, also carries some tape but an office supply store has more variety (sizes, colors).

As the sight faded, larger tape (or multiple lines) is great.

73,
Rick wa6nhc

Tiny iPhone 5 keypad, typos are inevitable

> On Sep 8, 2015, at 11:38 AM, Don Wilhelm <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
> Ron,
>
> My P-Touch Label printer works fine for me.
> You can get wire labels at an electrical supply house - letters A-Z or numbers - they wrap around the cable without sticking out, then make yourself a chart of which goes where.
>
> 73,
> Don W3FPR
>
>> On 9/8/2015 2:27 PM, Ron W3ZV wrote:
>> I am bound and determined to clean up the K-line rat's nest behind my radio desk. I want to label every wire and cable at both ends. Anyone have a suggestion, commercial or homemade, to accomplish this? Reply off the list to [hidden email]. Thanks.
>
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Bill-3

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For many years I have used various color combinations of plastic cable
ties - and a 3x5 card pinned to the back of the radio desk indicating
what colors are what.

Why this method? I used what was on hand at the time I first started to
label wires and have continued. For example: red/red or red/grn, or etc.

Bill W2BLC K-Line

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Gary Gregory-2

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In addition I use clear tape wrapped around it for protection against print fading or the label becoming unstuck.
Been doing this for years.
I might add I do this on my portable tri-band hf beam and no issues there either.
Gary

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Exactly what I use ... works nice!

de ns9i

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ac2ev

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We use a Brady labeler for wires. Labels Chemical / oil resistant and it works well. Not sure what the unit costs. Buts it's made for this. Granger has a good supply.

I use a brother labeler at home. It's ok for COAX but not great for smaller gauge. It's a bit large for CAT5.

For large cables I've seen people use different patterns and colors of electrical tape.

73
Don AC2EV

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ac2ev

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Addendum: The Brady BMP121 is similar to what we use. $95.00 on Amazon.

73
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Edward R Cole

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-shrink and had some tags on the job. But I found using colored
electrical tape the longest lived.

I have black (of course) and
Brown/Red/Orange/Yellow/Green/Blue/Violet/Gray and White. That
covers 0 thru 9. But I have devised a color code using more than one
color tape:
Violet cables are transmitting
Brown are receiving
White-600m, Brown-HF, Blue-6m, Green-2m, Orange-222, Red-432, Yellow-1296
Yellow-Yellow is 900 and Yellow-Orange-3400 MHz.

Ex: Green-Brown is 2m Rx line. Blue-violet is 6m Tx line.

But you can use whatever color combo you desire.

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wc1m

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Brother has a special tape for use with cables. Comes in a variety of
widths. It's flexible so it can be wrapped around cable and doesn't
eventually peel off like the stock tape. For small gauge cables it can be
formed into a flag.

73, Dick WC1M

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> From: Don Kiser [mailto:[hidden email]]
> Sent: Tuesday, September 08, 2015 8:14 PM
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> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Wire labeling - slightly OT
>
> We use a Brady labeler for wires. Labels Chemical / oil resistant and it
works
> well. Not sure what the unit costs. Buts it's made for this. Granger has a
good
> supply.
>
> I use a brother labeler at home. It's ok for COAX but not great for
smaller gauge.
> It's a bit large for CAT5.
>
> For large cables I've seen people use different patterns and colors of
electrical
> tape.
>
> 73
> Don AC2EV
>
>
> > On Sep 8, 2015, at 20:01, [hidden email] wrote:
> >
> > [Elecraft] Wire labeling - slightly OT

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