[ARC5] Spline Cable 3-Way
WA5CAB at cs.com
WA5CAB at cs.com
Tue May 14 00:07:20 EDT 2013
In case anyone missed it, the Signal Corps T's are made to connect cables
to all three ports (M-M-M). The one for the ARB attaches to either the
receiver or to one of the control boxes (F-M-M) with cables connected to the
remaining two ports.
Robert Downs - Houston
wa5cab dot com (Web Store)
MVPA 9480
In a message dated 05/13/2013 19:32:17 PM Central Daylight Time,
jcoward5452 at aol.com writes:
> Calm down folks! I have a "three way" for the ARB. Unforunately there is
> no markings on it. To describe it in terms of a compass rose:
> West has a threaded connection, South has a threaded connection. East has
> a threaded collar.
> That orientation is how I have it on my ARB setup. Of course it can be
> reversed or otherwise connected.
> I have this connected thusly: East connects to the ARB. South connects to
> an unmarked MC-whatever crank knob and West connects to a short speedo
> cable to the ARB "coffee grinder".
> I don't even know where I got it.Probably "bottom feeding" at a swap.
> The ARB came from Henry Engstrom in a personal meet up at the old AMPEX
> facility. That was weird 'cause Henry and I walked in to the cafateria,
> helped ourselves to sodas and sat and chewed the fat for about an hour and no
> one else ever showed up. No one asked who we were or anything! But that was
> the old swap meet location of PARA and we both knew it well. He came down
> from Santa Rosa to visit his brother and I was working just over the
> Dumbarton Brdg in Newark so we met there at AMPEX several times.
> Good ol' times!
> Jay KE6PPF
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