Cable Nightmares

[Deleted User 30222]

And yes, i have thought of the obvious. Cable ties and such. But do i need to worry about any wires or cables crossing. Do i need any ferrites on anything? What do you all do? Trying to use different color cable and wires to keep things straight. But just looking for opinions.

[MDYoungblood]

Are you talking about neatening up the shack?? I use spiral wrap. From the back of my monitors down to the computer, power leads, etc. Best part is it is reusable.

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Greg

[Deleted User 30222]

Sorry, maybe i don't understand, or wasn't clear enough. This all the cables from behind my radios ans such.

[bcloud1968]

I also use the spiral wrap for neatness. Keeping the antenna, power supply wires, acoustic separate from each other to prevent interference.

[Deleted User 30222]

Ok, so tell me what in the world is spiral wrap
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[Blue Ox2]

I am taping post-it notes to coax about what it is connected to. I put ferrite cores on all wires running anywhere. Things are getting a lot easier to keep track of with the labels and excess wires get coiled, zip tied and stacked. Don't get me wrong, there are still a few stray wires running around, but certaainly better than it has been.

[MDYoungblood]

Spiral wrap,

Comes in a bunch of sizes and I use it all over the house, keeps everything together and neat appearance.

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Greg

[Deleted User 30222]

So connecting a power cable to a coax won't cause any kind of interference. That's my biggest worry

[MDYoungblood]

I would wrap the power, computer network, and audio together but not with the coax, (CB coax that is, cable/satellite/OTA TV coax is fine).

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Greg

[Deleted User 30222]

Got it, thanks. This is what i'm dealing with.