Clark, Sorry, I should have read your question a bit more carefully - not enough coffee, I guess.
I used the small RG178 cable that came with the kit. I carefully used a one-sided razor blade to cut the outer jacket and dielectric. I stripped the outer jacket back about 1/2", then cut the braid back so about 1/8" was exposed beyond the jacket. I bent a cut resistor lead around the braid, soldered it, and then bent that forward. It wasn't difficult to strip the dielectric to expose the center conductor. I had to be careful, but it really wasn't too hard (but I did use my magnifying glasses!). For what it's worth, all of the the pictures of the 3-wire pigtail in my instructions show RG174 (and mention that). Maybe you could use the "bigger" cable. I hope this helps, and actually answers your question. 73, Jim KO5V ______________________________________________________________ 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 Message delivered to [email protected]
