[ARC5] CW and Mic plugs

[D. Platt]

Robert,

I always wondered who used the HS-16 with pin plugs.  I've got a couple 
originals and also one or two of the ones that showed up on Ebay a while 
back, said to have been procured for a "black" project.  The curious 
thing with them was that the threads were metric and the machined 
portions were really poorly done, as were the molded cups.  Although the 
packaging was typical foil/paper and the nomenclature info looked 
authentic, there was no manufacturer, cage code, etc. on the wrapper and 
the contract number was bogus.  Dunno... much folklore associated with 
them....     Oh... but then they were sold as an expensive accessory to 
the TV-7!

Jeep - K3HVG


On 5/29/2014 5:03 PM, WA5CAB--- via ARC5 wrote:
> The Navy had two numbers either of which may be found on what otherwise
> look like PL-54, PL-55, etc.  One is a five-digit number which is the Navy Type
> Number.  The other is an NAF number usually found on stuff ordered by the
> brown shoes.
>
> All of the WW-II and earlier numbers began changing around 1948 when the
> Army and Navy were going through a fit of converting everything over to the AN
> system.  So PL-55 became PJ-055B (there was no Red), PL-54 became PJ-054B,
> PL-354 became PJ-054R, etc.  Most of the rest of the renomenclatured plugs
> didn't have a suffix color letter.  The only difference between the old and
> the new was the number.  So they are all interchangable (unless you encounter
> a stitch nazi).
>
> H-16/U is a renomenclatured HS-23 and has a PJ-054B plug on about a 12"
> cord.  HS-16 had pin plugs.  Although the Navy had some sets through the War
> that still used pin plugs for audio, the only usage I know of for HS-16 was
> with code practice sets and maybe some Morale receivers.
>
> Robert Downs - Houston
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