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    <submissionType>SCHEDULE 13G/A</submissionType>
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    <coverPageHeader>
      <amendmentNo>3</amendmentNo>
      <securitiesClassTitle>Common Stock, no par value</securitiesClassTitle>
      <eventDateRequiresFilingThisStatement>03/31/2025</eventDateRequiresFilingThisStatement>
      <issuerInfo>
        <issuerCik>0001000230</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>Optical Cable Corporation</issuerName>
        <issuerCusip>683827208</issuerCusip>
        <issuerPrincipalExecutiveOfficeAddress>
          <com:street1>5290 CONCOURSE DR</com:street1>
          <com:city>ROANOKE</com:city>
          <com:stateOrCountry>VA</com:stateOrCountry>
          <com:zipCode>24019</com:zipCode>
        </issuerPrincipalExecutiveOfficeAddress>
      </issuerInfo>
      <designateRulesPursuantThisScheduleFiled>
        <designateRulePursuantThisScheduleFiled>Rule 13d-1(c)</designateRulePursuantThisScheduleFiled>
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      <reportingPersonName>R Ted Weschler</reportingPersonName>
      <memberGroup>b</memberGroup>
      <citizenshipOrOrganization>X1</citizenshipOrOrganization>
      <reportingPersonBeneficiallyOwnedNumberOfShares>
        <soleVotingPower>403500.00</soleVotingPower>
        <sharedVotingPower>0.00</sharedVotingPower>
        <soleDispositivePower>403500.00</soleDispositivePower>
        <sharedDispositivePower>0.00</sharedDispositivePower>
      </reportingPersonBeneficiallyOwnedNumberOfShares>
      <reportingPersonBeneficiallyOwnedAggregateNumberOfShares>403500.00</reportingPersonBeneficiallyOwnedAggregateNumberOfShares>
      <aggregateAmountExcludesCertainSharesFlag>N</aggregateAmountExcludesCertainSharesFlag>
      <classPercent>4.9</classPercent>
      <typeOfReportingPerson>IN</typeOfReportingPerson>
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      <item1>
        <issuerName>Optical Cable Corporation</issuerName>
        <issuerPrincipalExecutiveOfficeAddress>5290 CONCOURSE DR, ROANOKE VA 24019, United States of America</issuerPrincipalExecutiveOfficeAddress>
      </item1>
      <item2>
        <filingPersonName>R Ted Weschler</filingPersonName>
        <principalBusinessOfficeOrResidenceAddress>R Ted Weschler
404B EAST MAIN STREET, 2ND FLOOR, CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA, 22902</principalBusinessOfficeOrResidenceAddress>
        <citizenship>R Ted Weschler - United States</citizenship>
      </item2>
      <item3>
        <notApplicableFlag>Y</notApplicableFlag>
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      <item4>
        <amountBeneficiallyOwned>R Ted Weschler - 403,500</amountBeneficiallyOwned>
        <classPercent>R Ted Weschler - 4.9%</classPercent>
        <numberOfSharesPersonHas>
          <solePowerOrDirectToVote>R Ted Weschler - 403,500</solePowerOrDirectToVote>
          <sharedPowerOrDirectToVote>R Ted Weschler - 0</sharedPowerOrDirectToVote>
          <solePowerOrDirectToDispose>R Ted Weschler - 403,500</solePowerOrDirectToDispose>
          <sharedPowerOrDirectToDispose>R Ted Weschler - 0</sharedPowerOrDirectToDispose>
        </numberOfSharesPersonHas>
      </item4>
      <item5>
        <notApplicableFlag>N</notApplicableFlag>
        <classOwnership5PercentOrLess>Y</classOwnership5PercentOrLess>
      </item5>
      <item6>
        <notApplicableFlag>N</notApplicableFlag>
        <ownershipMoreThan5PercentOnBehalfOfAnotherPerson>Certain securities reported in this Schedule 13G are held in accounts for the benefit of family members. None of such persons individually own more than 5% of the issuer's outstanding shares.</ownershipMoreThan5PercentOnBehalfOfAnotherPerson>
      </item6>
      <item7>
        <notApplicableFlag>Y</notApplicableFlag>
      </item7>
      <item8>
        <notApplicableFlag>Y</notApplicableFlag>
      </item8>
      <item9>
        <notApplicableFlag>Y</notApplicableFlag>
      </item9>
      <item10>
        <notApplicableFlag>N</notApplicableFlag>
        <certifications>By signing below I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, the securities referred to above were not acquired and are not held for the purpose of or with the effect of changing or influencing the control of the issuer of the securities and were not acquired and are not held in connection with or as a participant in any transaction having that purpose or effect, other than activities solely in connection with a nomination under ?? 240.14a-11.</certifications>
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    </items>
    <signatureInformation>
      <reportingPersonName>R Ted Weschler</reportingPersonName>
      <signatureDetails>
        <signature>By: /s/ R Ted Weschler</signature>
        <title>R Ted Weschler</title>
        <date>05/15/2025</date>
      </signatureDetails>
    </signatureInformation>
    <signatureComments>* Each Reporting Person disclaims beneficial ownership of the reported securities except to the extent of his, her or its pecuniary interest therein, and this report shall not be deemed an admission that such Reporting Person is the beneficial owner of the securities for purposes of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or for any other purpose.

To the extent that "ownership of 5 percent or less of a class" was indicated in Item 5, such response only applies to the Reporting Person(s) that indicated elsewhere herein that it beneficially owns five percent (5%) or less of the class.</signatureComments>
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