[1000mp] pesky DIN plugs...

[J. Mc Laughlin]

Dear K6NA and group:
    Many thanks.
    In an effort to be able to get a new amplifier on line, I have
ordered some of the DP8/262 plugs from The RF C.
    I also ordered Y's CT-58 Band Data cable.  Then I learned that the
CT-58 has a mini 8 pin DIN on the transceiver end.  The other end
(intended for Y's amplifier) might be right.
    Y wrote me! to say that their part number for the connector is
P0090651 and is called: "Connector E8-701B-00 FT-1000MP"  I have tried
to order one from them, but I do not know if they received the order.
    I have expended a vast amount of time just to get a part that is
needlessly non-standard and that would have cost a pittance to have
included in the first place.  I am not amused.
    Many thanks to all who have helped.  A special thanks to those who
have helped me through several iterations of convincing my mail program
to cooperate with Mailman.  Mind, I teach that programs like Mailman
should be accommodating - but I have only been involved with computers
for some 45 years, so what do I know.
    More to the saga when parts start to arrive.  Next, I have to put a
proper power cord on the amplifier.  #14 wire fused at 20 A!
        73    Mac    N8TT

J. Mc Laughlin  -  Michigan USA
Home:  JCM@Power-Net.Net
Office:  JCM@McLMcL.Com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Glenn Rattmann" <k6na@cts.com>
To: <1000mp@mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2002 10:37 PM
Subject: [1000mp] pesky DIN plugs...


> Here is a re-post of W2VJN's information covering the DINs:
>
> >Din connectors from 3 pin to 14 pins plus mini DINs from 3 to 8 pins
are
> >available from The RF Connection in MD.  www.therfc.com  The 4 pin
units are
> >$1 each.
> >
> >Note that the two types of 8 pin connectors are called DP8 (Icom) and
> >DP8/262 (Kenwood and Yaesu).  The 262 refers to the angle subtended
by pins
> >1 and 7.
> >
> >George, W2VJN
>
> --K6NA