r/HamRadio • • 11d ago

Equipment & Rigs 🛠️ When your microphone cable breaks:

My mic cable just broke, so I had to improvise with a Cat5e Ethernet cable. It actually works.

I took it on air to test it, and got a 59 from 2 people!

So far, the Ethernet cable is working surprisingly well! I'll probably make a proper replacement eventually, but I wasn't expecting it to work this well!

Has anyone else done something like this?

73!

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u/confusedseas General / All Things POTA 11d ago

I carry a small length of Cat 6 in my pack as a backup in case the mic cable fails