FDC cableing

[Joe Beaufait <beaufait@jlab.org>]

I am glad we have decided to go ahead and purchase a sample of the 25 
pr. cable. This cable is going to be the standard for much of the data 
acquisition system and it would be very nice to see how hard it is to 
work with.

On that note, there were some comments made at the Wednesday FDC meeting 
  concerning the possible redesign of the cable. Daniel mentioned that 
we might ask to make the outer jacket thiner and I promised to look into 
it but, while looking at the cable diagram I also noticed that this 
cable is double shielded. It has an aluminized mylar layer with drain 
wire, and a copper braid. I believe we could do away with the copper 
braid and reduce the copper in the cable by at least half.

I would like comments from the group on whether or not you would like me 
  to pursue this.

Thanks
Joe