[Elecraft] RCA Connectors i.e Phono Plugs

Jack Brindle jackbrindle at me.com
Thu Apr 18 15:42:39 EDT 2019


Those are now known as “Jones” connectors. No idea why the change, but they are becoming very hard to get with demand dropping.
Easy for us to work with, but they take up a lot of rear-panel space on equipment.

731
Jack, W6FB

> On Apr 18, 2019, at 10:39 AM, Jim Brown <jim at audiosystemsgroup.com> wrote:
> 
> On 4/18/2019 6:44 AM, Phil Kane wrote:
>> On 4/18/2019 1:55 AM, Bob DeHaney wrote:
>>> They’re not long gone, nowadays they call them Cinch connectors.
>> Those of us who have been around for a long time know what a *real*
>> Cinch connector looks like,  and those "RCA" connectors do not.
> 
> Right -- a Cinch connector is VERY different. It has a square, rectangular, or round body with blade-like contacts on the male and receptacles on the female.
> 
> 73, Jim K9YC
> 
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