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Specialist wire and cable suppliers
- ANTIQUE ELECTRONIC SUPPLY, 6221
S. Maple Avenue, Tempe, AZ 85283, USA (00 1 602-820 5411, fax
00 1 602-820 4643). Fabric-covered loudspeaker wire, other hook-up
wire. Elaborate 32-page catalogue free, mail order a speciality,
credit cards taken. click here for web site.
- COASTAL CONCEPTS, 407 Ridge Court,
Kohler, WI 53044, USA (00 1 920-458 8825). Litz wire in various
gauges. Credit card orders taken.
- CHRISTOPER WRAY LIGHTING LTD., 591-593 Kings Road, London SW6 2YW. (Tel: 0207-751 8701); 199 Shaftesbury Avenue, London WC2H 8JR (Tel: 0207-836-6869); 62 Park Street, Bristol, BS1 5JM (Tel: 0117 9279537); 206 Topsham Road, Exeter (Tel: 01392 427774). Web site: www.christopher-wray.com A good source for gold fabric covered mains cables and much more.
- The COAX CONNECTION, Joe Cassata
KA9CAI 10S226 Meadow Ln, Naperville, Il 60564, USA (00 1 708-420-0342).
Range includes magnet wire.
- Ben DIJKMAN & CO. Europe's premier source for specialist and hard-to-find repro parts for vintage radios, particularly Philips. Cabinet backs, knobs, cables, speaker fabrics, badges, and dial glasses are all available here. Web site: www.radioverzameling.nl/repro/uk/
- FLEXFORM "The Manufacturing Company of Harpers Ltd." can supply most kinds of period mains cables, fittings, mains sockets, ceiling roses etc. Find them at www.cablespecialists.co.uk Email: info@flexform.co.uk
- KERRIGAN LEWIS WIRE PRODUCTS,
4421 West Rice Street, Chicago, IL 60651, USA (00 1312-772 7208).
Their catalogue lists a wide range of sizes and also has some
interesting technical information on Litz wire. If you ask for
a catalogue be sure to also ask for the Technical Tips bulletin
'Soldering of Litz wire'.
- LAMPS AND LIGHTS. Web based business stocking many antique-compatible electric lighting parts including gold braided mains flexes. Web site at www.lampsandlights.co.uk
- MIDCO, PO Box 2288, Hollywood,
FL 33022, USA. Cotton-covered wire in small gauges.
- MODERN RADIO LABS, Box 14902,
Minneapolis, MN 55414-0902, USA. Cotton-covered wire in small
gauges.
- RADIO DAZE, 7 Assembly Drive,
Mendon, NY 14506, USA (00 1 716-624 9755, fax 00 1 800 456 6494,
info@radiodaze.com, http://www.radiodaze.com/.
Cloth-covered starnded and solid hook-up wire (20 gauge) and mains
cable (twin 18 gauge).
- RHODE ISLAND WIRING SERVICE,
Box 434, West Kingston, RI 02892, USA (00 1 401-789 1955). Radio
cables made to order.
- SCIENTIFIC WIRE COMPANY, 18 Raven
Road, London, E18 1HB (020-8505 0002, fax 020-8 554 1114). Wide
range of bare, enamelled and plated wires, also Litz and manganin
wires.
- STIFFKEY LAMP SHOP, Stiffkey,
Wells-Next-Sea, NR23 1AJ (01328-830460). Fabric-covered mains
cable (looks better than PVC-sheathed flex on vintage receivers
but has modern blue, brown, yellow-green wires inside). Available
in two colours, gold and dark brown; the conductors are twisted
and each has its own fabric covering.
- WIRECOM Inc., Box 2569, Asheville,
North Carolina 28802, USA (00 1 888-298 9473, fax 00 1 704-628-9473).
Coax, solid and stranded 'antenna wire', related connectors, insulators,
magnet wire.
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