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Also, the MX-2/ARR-2 can be turned into ersatz PL-152, PL-152-A, or the 
6000 or 9000 equivalents with a little machine work.  The inserts are the same. 
 How close you can get it to looking original depends upon what else you 
have in the spares box.  For the -A you need a ferrule and nut.  For the non-A 
you would need a PL-152 backshell or some black phenolic sheet and 
considerable patience.

The female P8-23 (correct Cannon nomenclature is actually P8-23-3/4) 
SCR-284 connectors he lists are stock originals.  The right angle and straight 
backshell males can be used in place of P8-24 but the cable clamps are too 
small (should also be 3/4").

In a message dated 08/19/2012 10:12:23 AM Central Daylight Time, 
arc5 at ix.netcom.com writes: 
> Which set do you want to build, Ian?
> 
> PL-types are for SCR-274N.
> 6000-series are nominally for ATA/ARA
> 9000-series are nominally for AN/ARC-5

> In practice, the lines between the types
> weren't that rigid.  
> 
> I'll work-up and post a table this evening, 
> unless the work phone rings.
> 
> The PL- and 9000- series have sub-sets-
> those with loom-type backshells and those with
> ferrels for "armored" cables.  The ferrel-types
> are often found with the ferrel removed, a 
> grommet install in its place and using open-wire
> cables with lacing.  I don't remember having 
> seen any 6000- series with loom backshells,
> but my old thinker slips gears these days...
> 
> In actual practice, Navy 6000 and 9000 series 
> ferrel or grommet types were often mixed in installations.
> I've seen photos of loom, armored cable-with-ferrel
> and open-wire-with-grommet Army installs.
> Even quite a few that had the ferrel still installed
> with laced open-wire cable tied to the ferrel.
> 
> In all the photos I've seen, whatever scheme they 
> decided upon was done for all connectors in a
> single aircraft: all ferrel or all grommet or all loom.
> 1930s and early WWII cabling almost always 
> used the "armored" (or sheilded, if you will)
> cable and mid-to-late WWII photos almost
> always show open-wire-with-lace, probably 
> because fault isolation and repair of such
> cabling  is far faster than pulling another
> armored cable.
> 
> With sources of connectors drying-up fast,
> people may have to become less "picky" 
> about which connectors they use.
> I built a 274N set for a friend to use and 
> snuck-in a few "salty" connectors until the 
> "ground-pounder" ones become available.
> 
> 73 DE Dave AB5S
> 
> 

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