[Collins] Need help with connector

[Dave Brown]

Post a pix somewhere, Paul-might save a lot of time!
73
 Dave, ZL3FJ (who thinks it sounds like a Cannon connector)

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Sent: Friday, March 25, 2005 7:05 AM
Subject: Re: [Collins] Need help with connector


> On Thu, 2005-03-24 at 12:51 -0500, PRH at aol.com wrote:
>> Recently arrived PM-2 had had its power cord made removable. Don't 
>> know if
>> this was a common mod but did buy it from a fellow in Cedar Rapids.
>>
>> Anyway, power jack is same footprint as an SO-239, looks like an 
>> SO-239  with
>> the interior phenolic removed and replaced with 2 pins and the 
>> metal
>> surrounding it has a little pip in it to key the connector. An 
>> ideas, help would  be
>> greatly appreciated. Be glad to send photo if it'll help.
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> Paul K2PH (at arrl dot net)
>
> Three possibilities immediately come to mind. Depending on diameter, 
> pin
> diameter and how much the pins are recessed.
>
> One is the Amphenol 2 pin microphone connector, like the MC2M 
> family.
>
> The other is a Pacific rim 2 pin microphone connector.
>
> Neither is a great common power connector, and both chassis mount 
> use a
> ring nut.
>
> Or it may be a 2 pin MIL spec connector. It will have a larger shell 
> and
> stronger though maybe not fatter pins. It may mount with a four bolt
> flange. It should have some numbers visible on the insulator or the
> flange or both. Probably 10SL-4 or 12S-3. Both these were used for
> military equipment AC power connections before the advent of 
> grounded
> power cords. The shell threads for these connectors are 5/8-24. The
> mating connectors are available in surplus stores, from Allied and
> Mouser.
>
> 73, Jerry, K0CQ, Technical Adviser to the CRA
>
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