[aprssig] Cat5 jumpers for mic connections

[Chuck Mills]

The STP will definitely help keep the RF out but a Cat5 UTP should work.  I 
am using a 7' Cat5 cable with a coupler for my D700 for several months now 
with no problems.  I've been meaning to rig up a 10 or 20 foot flat silver 
satin 8 conductor telephone cable just to see how that would perform but 
have not done it yet.

Chuck / W3YNI
w3yni at comcast dot net
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millscl at gmail dot com
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <scott at opentrac.org>
To: <aprssig at lists.tapr.org>
Sent: Wednesday, April 13, 2005 10:23 PM
Subject: [aprssig] Cat5 jumpers for mic connections


> For radios using an RJ-45 jack for the mic connector, is there any 
> advantage
> to using shielded twisted pair when connecting a tracker?  STP patch 
> cables
> are a lot harder to find (and more expensive) than the more common UTP
> ones... just curious if it makes any difference.  I think I've heard it
> mentioned that you want STP for extending the remote on the D700, but I'm
> talking about a 3' audio connection.
>
> Scott
> N1VG
>
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