[ARC5] Rear connector question/need sage advise

[David Stinson]

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From: "tbs50a--- via ARC5" <arc5 at mailman.qth.net>
Subject: [ARC5] Rear connector question/need sage advise


>I have a fairly desent BC-459 that I'm consitering put it back 
>on the air.
> But it does have a few issues one being the rear power 
> connector is
> an octal plug. I have a number of parts sets which I could 
> harvest the
> proper connector but I'm not sure how I could recrimp it...

Unless you have extensive metal-working tools and skills
(I don't), forget "re-crimping."  Without the right tools and
the right skills, you'll never get it to fit snug.
You will be unhappy.

How to be happy:
Wait until no one is looking.
Put the connector in the hole.
Align the plug exactly, preferably in an original rack.
Engage the "keepers" on the front of the rack that go
on the "pointy things" at the bottom  of the transmitter face
to help get the connector juuuust right.

     Epoxy it in place from the inside.

                  Tell no one.