The Garmin 185 cable is three #18 wires in a foil shielded cable.
It's nothing special, just plain old cable. The shorter it is cut,
the better, of course, for both the transducer and the radiation
tearing up the radios......



On 8 Oct 2003 07:50:51 -0700, (Don WA5NGP) wrote:

Larry, I'm with you. As a ham I've spliced coax antenna cables for
years and did everything possible to keep the impedance discontinuity
minimized and I'd never use those butt connectors, always solder and
use heat shrink and stagger the connections to minimize the lump in
snake. I'll see if I can find that 3M stuff. Sounds like something
good to have around the garage.

Anyway, what will I find when I cut it.? Is the transducer cable a
shielded twisted pair or is it a simple coaxial cable?

Don
WA5NGP


Larry W4CSC

3600 planes with transponders are burning 8-10 million
gallons of kerosene per hour over the USA. R-12 car air
conditioners are responsible for the ozone hole, right?