Van Damme XKE Microphone Balanced Pro-Patch Cable. 2 Core and Screen (Thin)

Van Damme Pro Grade Classic XKE Pro-Patch Cable

Balanced/Stereo, Patch Cable

2 Core and Screen, Silver and UPOFC Wire Core, UPOFC Wire Screen

 Van Damme classic XKE Pro-Patch cable has a low overall diameter of 4.85 mm, 1.15mm thinner than the XKE Microphone cable. The UPOFC (Ultra Pure Oxygen Free Copper) wire ensures the signals integrity and its tightly packed construction ensures no compromise when reducing its overall diameter. This cable looks and works extremely well with stereo mini jack to stereo mini Jack cables. This cable is used extensively by ‘Abbey Road Studios’ and the ‘BBC’

 2 Core and Screen relates to the amount of carrier signals inside the cable, in this case three. This is a balanced/stereo cable. The 2 cores are the signal carriers and the screen is the ground/shield

Technical Specs

Mechanical Specification Conductor

• (24awg)
• Material Bare silver plated ultra pure oxygen free copper wire
• Stranding 7 x 0.10mm
• Material Bare ultra pure oxygen free copper wire
• Stranding 21 x 0.10mm

Insulation

• Material XLPE Cross linked polyethylene
• Diameter 1.60mm ±0.10
• Colour coding Red, Blue

Cabling

• Type Twisted pair
• Lay length ~25mm

Screen

• Type 96 x 0.10mm braided tinned oxygen free copper wire
• Coverage 95% optical coverage

Jacket

• Material Flexible PVC/Neoprene composite
• Average thickness 0.40mm
• Overall diameter 4.85mm ±0.10

Physical properties unaged Jacket (at 60ºC)

• Tensile strength >8N/mm2
• Elongation >250%
• Heat shock test 120 ºC x 1 hour - no cracks
• Test voltage 1000 Vdc x 1 minute OK

Electrical characteristics Resistance

• Conductor Ohm/Km <85
• Screen Ohm/Km <85
• Insulation M Ohm/Km >5000 

Capacitance

• Core to core pF/m 50 nominal
• Core to screen pF/m 95 nominal