[CQ-Contest] Need your Inputs for Jan-Feb NCJ

[PaulKB8N at aol.com]

Gang,

Once again, I'm looking forward to your inputs to Contesting on a Budget for 
the next issue of NCJ

This issue's topic:

>From DC to light, we rely on wire to connect our peripherals to our radios, 
our radios to our computers and amps, and our amps to our antennas, some of 
which are wire antennas.  Wires connect our rotors to the shack, connect our 
computers and computer networks, tie in our packet capabilities and connect power 
to everything.

If you've checked the prices on coax, rotor cable, computer cable or even 
stranded antenna wire lately, you'll likely realize that the cost of "wiring up" 
your station can be significant.  What low-cost alternatives are available?  
Where do you find cable bargains?  How do you know you're getting acceptable 
quality for the lower price?  Do you purchase used wire and cable?  Has the CATV 
industry been a personal boon to you? How will the move to wireless network 
systems help or hurt the price and availability of cable and wire?

As always, thanks in advance for your inputs.  As a hopeless wire junkie who 
never met a bargain spool of wire he didn't buy, I look forward to hearing 
from my kindred spirits.

73,  Paul, K5AF  

Paul R. Schaffenberger
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