[Elecraft] I wrote wrong...I meant KAT500

[Bill Frantz]

On 7/9/17 at 2:03 PM, nr4c at widomaker.com (Nr4c) wrote:

>I used to buy that Molex connector from Radio Shack but had to 
>buy both male and female parts. Radio Shack put male pins in 
>female housing and reverse.

If it is the same plug as is used on the Little Tar Heel Antenna 
control cable, it is:

<http://www.jameco.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?search_type=jamecoall&catalogId=10001&freeText=224514&langId=-1&productId=224514&storeId=10001&ddkey=http%3AStoreCatalogDrillDownView>

or

<http://www.jameco.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?search_type=jamecoall&catalogId=10001&freeText=224434&langId=-1&productId=224434&storeId=10001&ddkey=http%3AStoreCatalogDrillDownView>

Which may be the same as:

<https://www.digikey.com/product-detail/en/molex-llc/1501792040/WM16558-ND/7062986>

For the Little Tar Heel, the pins are .062:, 1.57mm in diameter.

Since it took me a long time to figure out how these connectors 
worked, here is what I have learned.

The connectors consist of a male and female shell with 4 metal 
pins each. The pins are also male and female. You order the pins 
separately from the shells. There is a handy tool for removing 
the pins from the shells.

There are many different shells available, with different 
numbers and arrangements of pins. There are other series of 
connectors using different sizes of pins. (A larger pin is used 
for the power connector on Icom/Kenwood/etc. radios. Getting it 
all right before you order is a bit of chore.

73 Bill AE6JV

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