Hi Jon-
I have used it for years in Down Hole (3 geophones down the hole) seismic
surveys-  Since it has twisted pairs this reduces the noise pickup and it
is cheap.  It is #24 solid wire which breaks real easy if it gets moved a
lot.   But once in place it should do fine....Jim
 
                Jim O'Donnell     
         Geological/Geophysical Consultant
            GEOTECHNICAL APPLICATIONS
On Wed, 10 May 2006 04:07:09 +0000 =?ISO-8859-1?Q?J=F3n_Fr=EDmann?=
 writes:
> Hi all
> 
> I use cat-5 network cable to connect my geophone to my winsdr 
> amplifer
> board. So far my experience with that type of cable has been good. 
> Since
> it appears not to pickup alot of noise from it's closest evroment. 
> Also
> the signal loss seems to be minimal, even if the cable is some 
> meters in
> lengh.
> 
> I don't know if anyone else is using cat-5. But comment on this 
> usage of
> cat-5 are what i need to know if this is a good thing or not.
> 
> Regards.
> -- 
> Jón Frímann
> http://www.jonfr.com
> http://www.simnet.is/jonfr500/earthquake/
> 
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Hi Jon-
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                Jim O'Donnell    =20
         Geological/Geophysical Consultant
            GEOTECHNICAL APPLICATIONS
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> Regards.
> -- 
> J=F3n Fr=EDmann
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