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Originally Posted by kevin powles
Hi, Ive picked up one of these drums, it's missing whatever should go on the ends of the wire, can anyone advise what the ends should look like, I think Mike posted a video of a ground station being set up but I can't find the post.
Kevin.
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If that's your actual reel, then the wire looks ti be the correct stuff.
(I've never seen any of the connectors though.)
The original reel (without the clips to hold the connectors) was for intended for linemen, and there was a special leather belt with iron fittings to act as a cable layer, and a separate pouch to hold another reel. I've seen both in the Blandford museum. I recently bought some modern manufacture "Reels, cable, No.1 (I think they were No.1), but the manufacturer had made then from steel plate rather than tinplate with rolled edges and they weigh several times as much as the originals and are completely unusable as a result.
Chris.