[ARC5] Re: [Milsurplus] NEEDED: GP-7 Bits

[Mike Hanz]

jay.coward at avagotech.com wrote:

>Ah, now I recognize it!  The rajah's had me fooled.  Did the Navy use an insulated antenna lead-in?  It seems sloppy to me to use a wire that would wobble around the plastic cap of the rajah.  And I wonder how often the wire would fall out from the cap loosening up from vibration?
>


 From what I've been able to gather, they used stranded wire covered 
with large ceramic beads, Jay.  See the top of my GO-9 for an example - 
http://aafradio.org/flightdeck/go9.htm .  The Rajah terminal doesn't 
depend on the spark plug wire insulation for mechanical strength, but 
instead grasps the spread-out stranded wire between a male and female 
conical surface.  You cut the strands about 1/4" long, and the excess 
beyond the conical compression area goes down into an annular gap 
between the cap and clip, locking it fairly well - at least in my 
limited experience. 

73,
Mike