[ARC5] I feel like Tevy (BC-669 connectors)

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One way around this connector problem is to fake it until the correct  
cable and/or cable-end connectors turn up.  Collect all the right size  
pins from junk connectors, solder these to the ends of the wires in a  
substitute length of cable, insert the pins in the sockets on the PS  
and transmitter chassises and then cover with the correct shells which  
are NOT impossible to find.  Been running a -669 at Fort MacArthur for  
the last 10 years like this FB.

Dennis D.  W7QHO
Glendale, CA

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On Sep 22, 2013, at 3:58 PM, WA5CAB at cs.com wrote:

> I'll add that the reason the connectors for the main power cable are  
> hard
> to find (the other connectors for the system are not hard to find)  
> is that
> Hallicrafters had Amphenol modify standard AN connectors for use  
> with the
> SCR-543.  The modification is that three of the #16 contacts were  
> changed to
> #12.  To add to the confusion, some of the parts list in TM 11-625  
> and TM
> 11-625D show the standard (original) AN connector, AN 310x-28-8P or  
> -8S.  The
> actual assigned number is AN 310x-28-767P or S but that doesn't help  
> to locate
> them as no AFAIK original connectors ever got the correct number  
> stamped on
> them in place of the -8P/S.
>
> Robert D.
>