[ARC5] ARC-5 Cable Connectors question...

[D C _Mac_ Macdonald]

Sorry about the fouled up tries to answer on my iPhone.  Let's try again on a laptop. 
I have found that there is a setscrew holding the connector together.  Remove it and the whole connector will come apart and you can clean up EACH "solder cup" individually.  Then you can install appropriate length and color code wires to the "solder cups," and reassemble the connector all nice and pretty. 
 
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Subject: Fwd: [ARC5] ARC-5 Cable Connectors question...
From: k2gkk at hotmail.com
Date: Sat, 14 Dec 2013 19:10:07 -0600
To: arc5 at mailman.qth.net



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From: D C _Mac_ Macdonald <k2gkk at hotmail.com>
Date: December 14, 2013 at 19:09:09 CST
To: "WA5CAB at cs.com" <WA5CAB at cs.com>
Subject: Re: [ARC5] ARC-5 Cable Connectors question...

I have found that there is a setscrew holding the connector together.  Remove it and the 

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On Dec 14, 2013, at 18:02, WA5CAB at cs.com wrote:

I'll add that if the old solder has a rough looking flat gray surface, it
will help immensely to flow a little bit of new solder into it before 
attempting to desolder the solder cup. Otherwise
you could well burn the phenolic before the old solder finally melts.

Robert D.

In a message dated 12/14/2013 16:28:57 PM Central Standard Time,
jfor at quikus.com writes:
"Solder Cups" is actually what they are properly called.

I would clean out the old solder first. It's probably 60/40 or even
50/50.
This is pretty easy to do by heating each cup with an iron and the
pounding your hand on the bench, holding the connector cup pointing
down.
Or, you can use a Pace style solder sucker (preferred).

On reconnecting:

Strip the wire for about 3/16" and lightly twist the strands together.
Tin with 60/40 or better 63/37 rosin core solder.
Insert the yinned end into the cup.
Heat and apply solder to just fill the cup.
Remove iron and lick burnt fingers.
Get a better way of holding wire until solder cools.
Repeat with other wires.

Disassemble your work, because you forgot to put parts onto the cable
before soldering up the other end.

YMMV,

-John