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[Gerard Visser <gvisser AT indiana.edu>]

hi Mike,
        Excellent news on that.
	If you could send me about 15 feet or so, I'll make a characteristic impedance 
measurement on it. (I think we have plenty of extra length on this spool, if 
that's not true then I could take a shorter sample.)
	Hopefully the cable is reasonably flexible, in comparison with IST purple 
cable? In any case, I think you should get some in Rahul's hands to think about 
routing out of the assembly.
	Sounds good on connectors and all, you've got it under control. I look forward 
to some pictures of the finished assemblies and connectors, when you have them.
        Sincerely,

                Gerard


On 1/7/2020 2:39 PM, Capotosto, Michael wrote:
> Gerard, Flemming, Robert, and All,
>
> I’ve received the reel of cable yesterday, 1,100ft. I’ve opened up a short 
> piece, it appears to be correct. 36 conductors, plus a drain. We have an outer 
> foil shield with no braid.
>
> Please let me know what lengths you all need for testing, and where to send it  
> (and how urgently you need them shipped).
>
> The V3 T-Boards have been shipped FedEx overnight last night, but FedEx had a 
> delivery exception, it arrived late to the local hub. I should have it tonight 
> or tomorrow morning. I just need to put the Nicomatic connectors onto the 
> boards, I will be able to have them to our cable vendor by Thursday afternoon so 
> he can begin putting the D-Sub connectors on one end, and soldering the opposite 
> end to the T-Boards.
>
> Gerard,
>
> I’ve placed the order for the machined pins, I ordered 1,850 (Enough for 45 
> assemblies, plus 10%). They should arrive some time in March (11 weeks). The 
> housing was a stock item, but they were cheap so I ordered them to be sure we 
> have them. The backshells we used for the V2.1 test stand cables are very large 
> on this new cable. We have four pieces of backshell 8655MH2511LF – Steve 
> Valentino purchased these, however the clamps did not fit with the V2.1 test 
> cables. These backshells now fit very nicely with the clamps and jack screws. 
> They also fit the PPB/Patch Panel without interference. I’ve ordered 6 more, so 
> we can keep it consistent across the 10 test stand cables. I’ll wait until the 
> finished cables go out before I order production quantities of backshells, so 
> everyone can share your thoughts on them.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mike Capotosto