[ARC5] Bargain Command Set Connectors

[Ian Wilson]

Thanks David, all. I will have to try to remember what sets
I have with intact connectors and go from there.

73, ian K3IMW

On Sun, Aug 19, 2012 at 8:12 AM, David Stinson <arc5 at ix.netcom.com> wrote:

> 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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