Brian, Treat the drain wire the same as the shield. It is just an extension of the shield.
73, Don W3FPR On 6/7/2011 11:31 PM, Brian - N5BCN wrote: > Thanks to Don and Jim for their input on building a RFI resistant control > cable. > > I've been informed by another poster that it's recommended to use stranded > CAT5 or 6 verses solid wire. The poster believes stranded wire would be > more resistant to flexing, plugging, unplugging, etc. than solid wire. > > One last question on this issue: > > I've come across some nice (stranded) CAT6 cable that has a shield and a > drain wire. I'll have a decision to make on what to do with the shield, but > is there a consensus (or not) on what to do with the drain wire? > > 73 N5BCN - Brian > > ----- > K2 #6800 KPA100/KAT100-2, KSB2, KAT2, KIO2, K160RX, KNB2, KAF2, LP-PAN/K2 w/ > Pre-amp, SignaLink USB > -- > View this message in context: > http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/OT-Drain-Wire-on-CAT6-RFI-resistant-cable-tp6452241p6452241.html > Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > ______________________________________________________________ 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
