BTW, in the 182 the "emergency" cable to connect the handheld to the panel
connector is made from the little tiny RG-174 coax with BNC crimp on one end and
the 3.5 mm connector on the other end, both with shrink sleeving to keep the
ends from breaking at the connector.

It is then coiled up, tied up with an "asparagus" tie and put in the glove box.
Don't use a tie-wrap because the odds of your having a knife to undo it in an
emergency is inversely proportional to the seriousness of the emergency.

Unless you have Cessna-Crafted® radios, you won't be using this cable but four
or five times in the airplane's life, so why are you worried about it breaking?
OTOH, if you DO have Cessna-Crafted® radios, I'd make it out of steel jacketed
material welded together with a torch.

Jim



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-- Has anybody come up with a good solution to this problem?
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--Jim Weir has. Check out http://www.rst-engr.com/kitplanes/KP0203/KP0203.htm




Jim Weir (A&P/IA, CFI, & other good alphabet soup)
VP Eng RST Pres. Cyberchapter EAA Tech. Counselor
http://www.rst-engr.com