[ARC5] BC-453/946 connector source?

[Michael Hanz]

Not sure which connector you are referencing, Skip.  The one in the 
receiver (J-1) is male.  The one in the removable drawer is female. I've 
had good results by heating the banana pin or socket with a 100 watt 
iron, and while still molten blowing out the solder using the sudden 
pulse of high pressure air from an air gun connected to a compressor.  
Use a dental tool with decent magnifier glasses to clean off the 
wind-blown solder.  Wear good wrap-around eye protection.  You do lose 
the silver plating protection, but in our normal indoor air conditioned 
use of the sets it doesn't seem to be a problem.  In a leaky WWII 
aircraft, that might not be the case.

If that doesn't get you going, I may have a scrap receiver drawer 
somewhere out in the mess.

- Mike  KC4TOS

On 4/1/2021 10:10 PM, Waldo Magnuson via ARC5 wrote:
> Is there a source for J-1 (Coupling Receptacle Assem. 7 Circuit p/n Col. 49129) or are there some “spare” ones out there.  This the connector (female) on the front.  When I returned my BC-453 to life I soldered to the pins which is not a very elegant solution.
> Skip Magnuson W7WGM
> Spokane, WA