[Elecraft] Amplifier Cable:K3 to Alpha 8410

2010-10-15 Thread pastormg2
It was suggested to connect my K3 to my Alpha 8410 that I could purchase a shielded cable from Radio Shack. I need one end to be a phono plug and I assume that the end that connects to the K3 is also a phono plug. Does anyone have any suggestions looking through the Radio Shack website as to

Re: [Elecraft] Amplifier Cable:K3 to Alpha 8410

2010-10-15 Thread Philip Leonard
I just use a regular old phono (RCA to RCA) cable between my K3 and 87A. Works fine. On 10/15/2010 1:50 PM, pastor...@verizon.net wrote: It was suggested to connect my K3 to my Alpha 8410 that I could purchase a shielded cable from Radio Shack. I need one end to be a phono plug and I

Re: [Elecraft] Amplifier Cable:K3 to Alpha 8410

2010-10-15 Thread Ron D'Eau Claire
If you're after decent shielding to keep RF out of the circuit, Radio Shack might have what you want. Nowadays a high impedance is typically 1 or 2K ohms instead of the 50K ohms are more common a few decades ago. Audio cable shielding has been reduced accordingly - especially from lower-cost

Re: [Elecraft] Amplifier Cable:K3 to Alpha 8410

2010-10-15 Thread Radio Amateur N5GE
On Fri, 15 Oct 2010 14:12:34 -0500, Philip Leonard leoli...@seidkr.com wrote: Same here. Tom, N5GE K3 #806 with SUB RX, PR6, KRC2 and K144XV K3 #1055 with PR6 and XV432 W1, 2 W2's and other small kits QCWA Life Member 35102 n...@n5ge.com http://www.n5ge.com http://www.swotrc.net I just use

Re: [Elecraft] Amplifier Cable:K3 to Alpha 8410

2010-10-15 Thread Guy Olinger K2AV
I use Radio shack VIDEO cables for RCA to RCA connections in the shack. They seem to have shields. 73, Guy. __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post:

Re: [Elecraft] Amplifier Cable:K3 to Alpha 8410

2010-10-15 Thread Ron D'Eau Claire
Good point, guy. I discovered the minimal shields when I bought an AUDIO cable from them to use with an old crystal-element microphone. What a surprise when I was greeted with tons of 60 Hz hum. That was when I discovered the minimal shielding by opening it and a few other audio cables I had from

Re: [Elecraft] Amplifier Cable:K3 to Alpha 8410

2010-10-15 Thread Jim Brown
On 10/15/2010 12:31 PM, Ron D'Eau Claire wrote: For that reason I make my own using RF type coaxial cable. RG-174 makes excellent lightweight shielded cables with a diameter of about 1/8. That's very good advice, Ron. 73, Jim K9YC __