[HAM] Chopping Hammonds - Ribbon

[Steve Leigh]

And now out with the secret.  <g>

Much later - after spending so much time with the ribbon cables - I 
learned some interesting facts.

The twisted pair cable I used was designed to eliminate crosstalk - 
but NOT in the audio range.  It was made for SCSI drives!  Hammonds 
have about a 7kHz "top" ..... which doesn't even approach what this 
ribbon cable was designed to suppress.

2nd big discovery: wire diameter and jacketing size.  Each conductor 
was so thin, and the insulation so light, it was ridiculous - in 
comparison to a standard Hammond wiring harness.  I'm too lazy to put 
a micrometer on one now, but the ribbon I had was ultra tiny gauge.

The connector mounts all came out beautifully, it was the ribbon 
cable that didn't live up to our expectations.




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