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[TowerTalk] What's the best way to get cable in the house?

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Subject: [TowerTalk] What's the best way to get cable in the house?
From: bnowak@telocity.com (Brad Nowak)
Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2002 13:48:36 -0500
A pricey solution would be Amphenol.  Newark Electronics is a distributor.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Pete Smith" <n4zr@contesting.com>
To: "Bill Parry" <w5vx@hiline.net>; <towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, January 11, 2002 11:12 AM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] What's the best way to get cable in the house?


>
> At 10:03 AM 1/11/02 -0600, W5VX wrote:
> >
> >Over the years, I have tried several ways to get my cables into the
house. I
> >am installing a new tower and I want to "do it a better way". I am going
to
> >mount a aluminum plate in the wall and put bulkhead coax connectors
through
> >the metal plate. I having difficulty in finding a suitable connector to
> >mount for my rotator cable (8 pin). The rotator has a nine pin AMP brand
> >connector coming out of it and I like the connector.
>
> I use 8-pin Cinch-Jones plugs and jacks (now made by Beau Vernitron,
> obtainable from the usual suspects (Mouser, Digikey) but would love to
find
> a supplier of 8-10 pin ROUND plugs and jacks capable of moderate current.
> It's a real PITA making rectangular holes in my bulkhead plate,
> particularly when I need to add just one more to a panel that is already
> installed.  Using a Uni-bit and a power drill would be much more
attractive.
>
> Anyone have any thoughts?
>
> 73, Pete N4ZR
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