25 FT SERIAL CABLES (controller tether)

[sanddrag]

I'm wondering how many teams would be interested in purchasing a 25 ft commercial grade serial cable for their robot(s) to use for tethering the operator interface to the controller. The cables are just the same as FIRST gives us (male-female) but much longer. These would come in very handy while testing at the competiton and when you cannot use your radio in the pits. The 6ft cabels provided in the kit are far to short to be useful for this purpose. If you plug them togather they will pull apart. You could make your own cable but it is time consuming to make 18 little solder joints and not to mention cutting all the wire. Plus, if you made your own it would not be very durable.

If enough teams are interested in purchasing a 25ft serial cable, I will make them available for sale for about $12 each including shipping. This is not an official price, just an approximation. Let me know what you think.