Original poster: Terry Fritz <vardin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Hi,One of the reasons raw fiber cable is hard to buy, is because most people can't even give it away...
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5850598225I see it is very rare for fiber to get any bids on e-bay.... Maybe E-bay could change their bidding to allow us to pay people to take our items away :o)))
So Finn, I'll give you all my plastic fiber optic stuff (lots of connectors and transmitters and receivers too) and I'll throw in an extra dollar bill!!! It has all sat here for five years never touched, and I have to clean the place up... So I'll pay to give it to you ;-))))) I wonder how to declare that on the customs forms :D
I'll my stuff is glass fiber or RF now...
Cheers,
Terry
At 01:36 PM 1/6/2006, you wrote:
I just got rid of several spools of fiber - it's easy to find at swap meets ("trunk sales" in the UK, I think) where electronics is sold - I bought 4 or 5 lengths ranging from 30 to 100 meters, with terminations for $5, then discovered I couldn't use it for what I wanted. Telecom companies discard moderate lengths (a few tens of meters) all the time also.From: "Tesla list" <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx> To: tesla@xxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: Source of optical fiber Date: Fri, 06 Jan 2006 13:29:08 -0700 Original poster: "Derek Woodroffe" <tesla@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Finn, I last got a length from a UK supplier Maplin www.maplin.co.uk I'm not sure if they ship outside of the UK, but its worth a go.. If your really desperate, contact me off list and Ill send you some Cheers Derek