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   Sam Whited (sam@social.coop)'s status on Monday, 16-Jun-2025 00:36:33 JST Sam Whited

   Is there somewhere I can buy coax power cables and just select the volts, amps, and barrel size? I'm kind of surprised monoprice doesn't do this, but they don't even have a category for them (they're just scattered around and listed as a power supply for a specific thing, you can't actually find or buy them by the specs as far as I can tell).

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     purple 👊✊💨 (purple@nya.social)'s status on Monday, 16-Jun-2025 00:37:23 JST purple 👊✊💨

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     @sam@social.coop https://thewireman.com/ if it isn't listed, send them an email

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     purple 👊✊💨 (purple@nya.social)'s status on Monday, 16-Jun-2025 00:38:56 JST purple 👊✊💨

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     @sam@social.coop i've literally shook hands with the owner of that company at Dayton and currently use their cable for all of my antennas, but,
     
     ... if you say so. good luck.

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     Sam Whited (sam@social.coop)'s status on Monday, 16-Jun-2025 00:39:00 JST Sam Whited

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     @purple Even if it is listed they never list the barrel size (and I don't trust them to know it or measure it properly). Plus you can't find it because even if it's listed you have to dig through every single category of electronics on whatever site because they're never in a category of their own. Also I just don't want to waste time emailing people :)

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     Doughnut Lollipop 【記録係】:blobfoxgooglymlem: (tk@bbs.kawa-kun.com)'s status on Monday, 16-Jun-2025 00:43:13 JST Doughnut Lollipop 【記録係】:blobfoxgooglymlem:

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     • purple 👊✊💨
     @purple @sam Ooh, good price on enameled copper wire. :blobfoxowo:
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     purple 👊✊💨 (purple@nya.social)'s status on Monday, 16-Jun-2025 00:50:19 JST purple 👊✊💨

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     @tk@bbs.kawa-kun.com hit up places like habitat for humanity. you'll find all sorts of appropriate grounding wire disguised as things like "grounding kits for whole-shop vacs" also they can be a good source of PVC or electrical conduit for building small rigid antenna structures.

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