[ARC5] [BoatAnchors] TCS Receiver Cable

[WA5CAB at cs.com]

Those will work OK if you can get them assembled.  But all of the original 
TCS cables came with one straight connector and one right angle.  AFAIK, 
Aero didn't make them in right angle.  And you can't convert them to right 
angle because the Cannon GK connectors all have four mounting screws for the 
back shells, and the Aero ones only have three.  They also have the problem 
that whereas the standard K-series connectors all have the inserts retained in 
the connector body by a circlip (like the AN or MIL-C-5015), the inserts in 
these are retained by the back shell itself.  So when you remove the back 
shell to assemble a cable, if you turn the connector over all of the guts fall 
out.  They must be a real bear to assemble.  When you remove the back 
shells to make up a cable, you apparently have to reinstall the screws to hold 
the insert in place.  And then be very careful when you remove the screws 
again to attach the back shell.

The inserts and contacts are not interchangable with Cannon originals (they 
are about 1/16" shorter although the diameters are exactly the same).  So 
you can't fix either problem just by putting the inserts into Cannon bodies.  
I had some of them once and after discovering the two problems, decided not 
to sell them.  To use up the few that I had, I finally custom machined some 
phenolic spacers to fill the gap between the circlip groove and the rear of 
the insert and reassembled the inserts and contacts into standard Cannon 
bodies.  And scrapped the Aero bodies and back shells.

Aero was apparently a Cannon competitor for a while before Cannon bought 
them.  They apparently tried to copy the K-Series design and under bid Cannon 
for military contracts, but botched the job.

The GK-9's that he has listed with the AC & AN back shells and AN 3057 
cable clamps are proper Cannon.  And are what Collins originally used instead of 
the saddle bar back shells.  Probably because all of the early Collins 
cables used flexible conduit instead of jacketed cable, so they must have had a 
large connector inventory already on hand when they switched to jacketed 
cable.

I probably shouldn't add this, but my prices are better, too.  :-)

In a message dated 01/25/2016 19:14:40 PM Central Standard Time, 
boatanchors at theporch.com writes: 
> Steve has them new old stock:
> http://www.ebay.com/itm/141472847248
> 
> He's a great guy and very trustworthy.
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "dean.gagnon--- via BoatAnchors" <boatanchors at theporch.com>
> Subject: [BoatAnchors] TCS Receiver Cable
> 
> 
> Looking to fire up my TCS receiver but I need a cable (12 pin) or 
> a connector to make my own cable.
> 

Robert & Susan Downs - Houston
wa5cab dot com (Web Store)
MVPA 9480
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