[ARC5] Re: [Milsurplus] NEEDED: GP-7 Bits - Rajah antenna connectors

[jay.coward at avagotech.com]

But imagine the wire coming undone and all those beads getting into every nook and craney in the airplane!

Anyone know if the GO-9 was ever supplied without the Intermediate Frequency Transmitter?The one I have is this way with the left cover mounted to the power supply.
 And,does anyone have an 800 cy inverter they no longer need?
Thanks,
       Jay

-----Original Message-----
From: Mike Hanz [mailto:AAF-Radio-1 at cox.net] 
Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2006 1:21 PM
To: jay.coward at avagotech.com
Cc: arc5 at ix.netcom.com; arc5 at mailman.qth.net; milsurplus at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [ARC5] Re: [Milsurplus] NEEDED: GP-7 Bits - Rajah antenna connectors

Mike Hanz wrote:

> 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.


This may not be as clear as I intended it - the 1/4" mentioned above is 
the length beyond the end of the last ceramic bead (or spark plug wire 
insulation, if that type of wire is used.)

 - Mike