[Boatanchors] Drake vs National Power Supply Pinouts?

Kenneth Grimm grimm at sbc.edu
Tue May 17 19:41:34 EDT 2016


You can download a copy of the NCX-A / NCX-D manual for free on the BAMA
website at http://bama.edebris.com or go right to the download page at
http://bama.edebris.com/manuals/national/ncxad/ .

73,

Ken - K4XL

On Tue, May 17, 2016 at 7:21 PM, D C _Mac_ Macdonald <k2gkk at hotmail.com>
wrote:

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> Yes, the connectors are the same, BUT, wiring is probably different.
>
> The National NCX-A supply and speaker is a stout unit.
>
> Get a repro manual for it on eBay:    http://www.ebay.com/itm/152093398221
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> Compare that with the Drake AC-4 wiring and rewire accordingly!
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> > Date: Tue, 17 May 2016 15:16:24 +0000
> > To: boatanchors at mailman.qth.net; forsale-swap at mailman.qth.net
> > Subject: [Boatanchors] Drake vs National Power Supply Pinouts?
> > From: boatanchors at mailman.qth.net
> >
> > I picked up a National power supply at the Cuyahoga Falls Hamfest. It's
> a blue-cased one with a shiny front, quite large actually. I noticed that
> the power plug is the same one used by Drake (for stuff like the B line and
> TR-4 line) with six pins one direction and six more at right angles, in a
> rectangular overall shape.
> > I assume this is pure coincidence? No chance the pinouts would be the
> same between the two brands? Maybe like we have today with Icom, Kenwood
> and Yaesu all using that same power connector and all wired for 12VDC the
> same way so the power cords are interchangeable.
> > Any thoughts?73 de N3RHT
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