What wire am I looking At?

[_rushin_or_draggin_]

Hey all,

I have been watching CuriousMarc's series on the Apollo AGC and Unified S-Band transponder series and I notice the wire they use when making the crimp connections to connect the units are twisted pairs. The closest thing I have been able to find that is similar is CAN wire...I also notice that CAN wire (at least what I was looking at) isn't really the cheapest cable out there. I was wondering if anyone could confirm whether this is CAN wire and if not if they could point me in the right direction. I've attached a screenshot from the video. Thanks!

[edpalmer42]

It could be Ethernet cable.  4 pairs with color codes of blue, orange, green, and brown.  One lead in the pair is mostly or all the main color (e.g. blue) while the other lead has small sections of the associated color on a white background.  The cable is relatively cheap, easily available, and suitable for high bitrate connections.

[_rushin_or_draggin_]

I was thinking that as well, but I see other colors than the regular orange green blue and brown. But for what I would do with it, Ethernet cable wouldn’t be a terrible option (especially since I have 1000s of feet that I use for side jobs.

[oPossum]

Possibly telephone cable

https://www.caledonian-cables.co.uk/Telephone/order/Colour%20Codes.htm

[ajb]

Possibly telephone cable

https://www.caledonian-cables.co.uk/Telephone/order/Colour%20Codes.htm

I was going to say this as well, based on the color banding in the screenshot.  This video shows similarly coded cable and talks about the coding (with bonus wire wrapping + cable lacing on actual telephone exchange hardware): https://youtu.be/WUcAhoReuM0?t=943