Where to find shielded hookup cable?

[Don Kuenz]

Does anyone know where to procure, or have a SKU, for shielded, single
conductor, flexible, "hand solderable", cable to connect a PCB to 3.5mm
jacks on a front panel?

The top cable in http://crcomp.net/audio.jpg shows what's needed. The
bottom cable shows a slightly larger "26 AWG guitar hookup cable" using
eBay parlance. Presumably the 26 AWG of the larger, stiffer cable on
the bottom refers to its innermost stranded signal wire? So, perhaps
what's needed is a 28 AWG audio hookup cable?

Days of googling produced nothing conclusive.

TIA.

 

[George Herold]

I suggest Belden 9264.  Foil shield with a ground wire makes it easy
to terminate on a PCB.
<http://www.belden.com/techdatas/metric/9264.pdf?ip=false>
<http://datasheet.octopart.com/9264-100-Belden-datasheet-15540.pdf>

Yeah lots of belden cable with all sorts of sheilds.

I was going to say it sounds a piece of thin coax would work. (RG174)
or some 75 ohm stuff.

George H.

 

[Don Kuenz]

I suggest Belden 9264. Foil shield with a ground wire makes it easy
to terminate on a PCB.
<http://www.belden.com/techdatas/metric/9264.pdf?ip=false>
<http://datasheet.octopart.com/9264-100-Belden-datasheet-15540.pdf>

Thanks, but 50 ohm coax is too big, too stiff, and too "spec" for my
simpler needs (see below).

Perhaps you should describe what you need? Is it carying RF, power,
audio, data, etc? Environmental limitations? Leakage issues?
Impedance? Hand or machine solderable? Etc?

Carrying a low (ie line) voltage audio signal. Used inside of indoor
electronic equipment. Leakage and impedance not all that critical.
The main thing is to connect an audio signal and its ground to a jack
on a front panel. Hand solderable using Weller soldering station.

Unfortunately, my sample cable, shown at the top in the photo,
contains no markings on the outer jacket.

 

[Wanderer]

Does anyone know where to procure, or have a SKU, for shielded, single
conductor, flexible, "hand solderable", cable to connect a PCB to 3.5mm
jacks on a front panel?

The top cable inhttp://crcomp.net/audio.jpgshows what's needed. The
bottom cable shows a slightly larger "26 AWG guitar hookup cable" using
eBay parlance. Presumably the 26 AWG of the larger, stiffer cable on
the bottom refers to its innermost stranded signal wire? So, perhaps
what's needed is a 28 AWG audio hookup cable?

Days of googling produced nothing conclusive.

TIA.

Mouser
http://www.mouser.com/catalog/catalogusd/645/1291.pdf

$65 for 100 feet, 26AWG stranded inner conductor (copper covered
steel), 0.11 inch outer diameter.

 

[Don Lancaster]

Thanks, but 50 ohm coax is too big, too stiff, and too "spec" for my
simpler needs (see below).


Carrying a low (ie line) voltage audio signal. Used inside of indoor
electronic equipment. Leakage and impedance not all that critical.
The main thing is to connect an audio signal and its ground to a jack
on a front panel. Hand solderable using Weller soldering station.

Unfortunately, my sample cable, shown at the top in the photo,
contains no markings on the outer jacket.

And the trouble with plain old twisted pair is...?

works for cat6.

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[Don Kuenz]

RG/174 is .1" outer diameter. I used a lot of it in guitar amps in
the '70s to get rid of RF problems. It's smaller than phono or single
conductor shielded mic cable.

10 feet for $2.99 on Ebay:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/160831457322

30 feet for $7.50 on Ebay:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/150844760790

1000 feet for $599.99 on Ebay:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/120958780006

I only paid $20 for a 1000 foot roll, surplus, a few years ago. ;-)

This should do the trick. The price can't be beat either.

 

[Don Kuenz]

And the trouble with plain old twisted pair is...?

works for cat6.

It will be interesting to see how well this works. I'll give it a try
while waiting for the RG-174 to arrive. Thanks for the idea.

 

[Michael Black]

RG/174 is .1" outer diameter. I used a lot of it in guitar amps in
the '70s to get rid of RF problems. It's smaller than phono or single
conductor shielded mic cable.

And it's sturdier than a lot of "audio cable" I've seen.

Michael