[TowerTalk] It's Getting Worse ...

[R. Kevin Stover]

Dik,

I've installed miles of CAT5 and  CAT6 cable in my 10 years as a network 
admin and have never seen aluminum CAT5e/6. Was this an office supply 
store variety with the molded connectors on each end that you cut off? I 
haven't disassembled one of those in a while to see what their doing as 
I buy bulk cable and connectors and "roll my own".

I wouldn't be surprised if somebody is trying to go cheap by using 
aluminum instead of copper in the consumer grade cables.


RICHARD SOLOMON wrote:
> My latest project is a K9AY Loop. I thought I could use a CAT5 cable to
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> connect the relay box to the switch box. Of course, that requires one
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> to solder the wires at the relay end.
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> Well, to my surprise, the 100' CAT5 cable I picked up is made out of
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> ALUMINUM wire.
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> Can it get any cheaper !!
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> 73, Dik, W1KSZ
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R. Kevin Stover
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