At a guess, because it's simple to crimp. I doubt that the normal twisted pairs of CAT5 was the reason to not use it.
-73 de M0XDF (from my iPhone) > On 21 Jun 2016, at 11:29, John <j...@eeek.org.uk> wrote: > > . I see elecraft supply a flat 8P8C > RJ45 cable, so I guess there is an engineering reason for that? ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com