[Boatanchors] Mystery Clark headset plug question

[Dave Brown]

Looks like the quick release connector beloved of the military and public 
safety organisations- normally used with a line socket  and not a panel 
socket. This, so you dont have to remember to unplug yourself when you dive 
out the door-or whatever.
ZL3FJ
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <manualman at juno.com>
To: <krkaplan at cox.net>
Cc: <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2011 4:19 PM
Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] Mystery Clark headset plug question


> Found this after I sent my first e-mail.
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TRS_connector
> Scroll down to Aircraft headsets. Look to the right at the picture,
> Aviation Plug. It's got the model number of the plug. Doing a search on
> that might bring up the matching jack number.
>
> Pete, wa2cwa
>
> On Tue, 16 Aug 2011 20:26:02 -0700 Ken Kaplan <krkaplan at cox.net> writes:
>> I have a David Clark H7041 headset that has a special plug. It looks
>>
>> like a short 1/4 plug but it is actually .280 in diameter and 3/4
>> inch
>> long. It has 4 contacts (2 for the mic & 2 for the phones). A guy in
>> my
>> local pilots shop said it is used in helicopters but I got the
>> headset
>> from a shop that works on fire trucks. I think it was used on either
>>
>> their radio or intercom (or both). The pilot shop had an adapter
>> that
>> converted it to a pair of standard 1/4 stereo plugs for $56! A
>> picture
>> of the plug is here:
>>
>> http://www.qsl.net/kb7rgg/radio/images/plug.jpg
>>
>> Anyone know where I can get a socket for this plug?
>>
>> 73 Ken kb7rgg
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