On Tue, 9 Nov 2004 16:10:38 -0700, Howard Lester wrote:
>Thank you!
>
>One 'quick' question: just how beefy do the speaker cables need to be to get
>good, solid bass? (I will go to the site to read the articles.) I am not yet
>aware of, say, 14 gauge twisted pair wire - shame on me, I guess.
West Penn, Gepco, and Belden all make stranded twisted pair cable in the #12 -
#14
gauge range. You can also "roll your own" out of stranded THHN from Home Depot
by
sticking it in a twist drill. And you can "double up" on pairs of
instrumentation cable.
>I have known for a long time about twisted pair helping to reject RFI. Tell
>that to the homebuilders; they seem to refuse to use it for telephone
>wiring, even though it is allegedly "code."
Don't know about the "code" part, but CAT5 and similar cables make EXCELLENT
telephone wiring. For one thing, they have very low capacitance, so they will
help a bit
with data transmission.
>I had a ham friend who offered
>to do the wiring of my new home with correct telephone cable. Even though
>she worked for the phone company, my builder refused to allow her on the
>premises. If I wanted twisted pair, I would have had to pay a premium. I
>said screw it -- it's only my house, and I'm the only ham around. No one
>around (also with 'bad' wiring) has complained about my 100 watt station.
One of the last instances of RFI that I'm chasing with my KW station (and
antennas quite
close to the house) is into my wife's telephone. I've got a bunch of ferrites
on the wiring,
but it's still getting in. I'm starting to wonder if maybe it isn't rectifying
in some of the
ancient telco termination gear in my basement. I haven't shifted all my telco
stuff to
CAT5 yet, but I probably should.
Jim
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