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Only that it must have been made to hold something other than a Command Set 
receiver.  Changing connectors because you can't find (or are too lazy to 
look for) the mate was/is fairly common.  But who in their right mind would 
go to the trouble to change both connectors of a mating pair?  Especially 
when the insertion/extraction force of a 6 or 8-pin Jones pair is considerably 
higher than that of the original mini-banana pin types.

In a message dated 05/04/2012 20:58:20 PM Central Daylight Time, 
jfor at quikus.com writes: 
> While on the subject of wierd, I saw what was apparently an ARC-5 one 
> unit
> wide rack this afternoon at NEARfest, complete with shockmounts in natural
> Aluminum.. BUT, instead of the usual connector it had a 6 or 8 pin Jones
> connector, wired to a Jones terminal strip in the doghouse on the back.
> 
> And, it was not a typical ham hack as the Jones strip was on an "L"
> bracket, very nicely rivited to the existing metalwork.
> 
> Any ideas? There were no markings.
> 
> -John
> 

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