tom:
for high quality cat5 with shielding, you may pay a bit more depending on 
the length.
You can indeed buy very very cheap ethernet cable wich isn't actually cat5 
cable but a clone of it.
Figure out the distance you need, then go get a shielded hunk of cat5 along 
with an RJ45 female to female adapter so you can connect the mike to the 
cable.  It'll come with male RJ45 jacks on each end already.

cat5 cable is just an 8 conducter cable known as category 5...network 
standard stuff...exactly the same cable that you would run from a modem to a 
router, or from the modem to the network card on your computer.
You are absolutely guaranteed to spend far far less going this route then 
getting the cable from kenwood.  Also you can get your own external speaker 
cable if you need it from any electronics store for next to 
nothing...probably 8 or 10 bucks for a 15 foot speaker extension cord with a 
male mono 3.5mil jack on one end and a female 3.4mil plug on the other.
I know several guys who have also made the control head cable since kenwood 
uses standard plugs and jacks for those...but this is a tricky business 
since you have to crimp the connecters on and insure everything goes to the 
right pins etcetra.
73
Colin, V A6BKX
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "T Behler" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Tuesday, April 28, 2009 8:09 PM
Subject: Re: Need Help: slightly confused about two TMV71A accessories


>
>    John:
>
> What do they usually cost?
>
> 73 de KB8TYJ
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 28, 2009 9:46 PM
> Subject: Re: Need Help: slightly confused about two TMV71A accessories
>
>
> it's an Ethernet cable. You can get them almost anywhere these days.
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "T Behler" <[log in to unmask]>
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> Sent: Tuesday, April 28, 2009 9:18 PM
> Subject: Re: Need Help: slightly confused about two TMV71A accessories
>
>
>>   Anthony:
>>
>> I know I'm showing my ignorance here, but what's a cat 5 cable, how much
>> do
>> they cost, and where do you get them?
>>
>> I just have never heard of them before, or at least I don't think I have.
>>
>> 73 from Tom Behler:  KB8TYJ
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Anthony Vece" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Tuesday, April 28, 2009 7:50 PM
>> Subject: Re: Need Help: slightly confused about two TMV71A accessories
>>
>>
>> Hi Tom;
>>
>> You can use a cat5 cable for the mic extension cord.
>>
>> It will work just fine.
>>
>> 73 De Anthony W2AJV
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>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "T Behler" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Tuesday, April 28, 2009 7:39 PM
>> Subject: Need Help: slightly confused about two TMV71A accessories
>>
>>
>>> Hi, all.
>>>
>>> As I think you know, I am planning to purchase another TMV71A.  This one
>>> will be used in the motor home. ... I'm going to purchase the rig once I
>>> finalize the sale of my older TMV7A.
>>>
>>> But, in looking at the literature on the TMV71A, I'm confused about
>>> something:
>>>
>>> For the RV set-up, I'm going to have to separate the rig from the 
>>> control
>>> head.
>>>
>>> It appears that I have two options for accomplishing this.
>>>
>>> One is to buy the PG5F cable extension kit. .. This apparently includes
>>> the
>>> extension cable for the control head, an extension cable for the mic, an
>>> extension cable for an external speaker, and an extra DC power cord.
>>>
>>> My other option is to purchase the DFK3D detachable front panel kit.
>>> This
>>> apparently includes a mounting bracket for the control head, plus the
>>> cable
>>> extension for the control head.
>>>
>>> The detachable front panel kit is cheaper, but apparently doesn't 
>>> include
>>> an
>>> extension cable for the mic.
>>>
>>> I can't figure out why one would buy this kit, without needing a mic
>>> extension cable, since the rig is still separated from the control head.
>>>
>>> Obviously, I don't need all the extra cables in the entire cable
>>> extension
>>> kit, and it seems a shame to spend all that extra money, but it might be
>>> my
>>> only option.
>>>
>>> I called R and L today to ask if I could buy a mic extension cable
>>> separately to go with the front panel kit, and they said no.
>>>
>>> Am I missing something here?
>>>
>>> 73 from Tom Behler:  KB8TYJ
>>>