By Tom Taylor

Just last week I made a cable with two homemade vox plugs on either end to connect an AC-4 to an L-4B. The plugs fit and work perfectly. Here are the steps I used:

• Buy 3/32 inch brass tubing from a hobby store
• Cut 7/8 inch sections of the tube with a Dremel chucked with a cut-off wheel
• Sand one end of the pins slightly rounded
• Solder a wire into the other end of each pin
• Cut a piece of plexiglass to 1/4 inch x 3/4 inch
• Drill two 3/32 inch holes in the plexiglass spaced the correct distance apart
• Insert the two pins into the holes - the rounded ends of the pins should stick out about 3/8 inch
• Tape a 2.5 inch strip of electrical tape around the perimeter of the plexiglass base - the wires will be sticking out
• Clamp the base in a vice and pour 5 minute epoxy into the area contained by the electrical tape
• Wait for epoxy to dry
• Remove electrical tape
• Enjoy!