[Elecraft] RCA Connectors i.e Phono Plugs

[Alan]

 From Wikipedia:

"An *RCA connector*, sometimes called a *phono connector* or (in other 
languages) *Cinch connector*, is a type of electrical connector commonly 
used to carry audio and video signals."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RCA_connector

It was news to me that an RCA phono connector is also known as a "Cinch 
connector".  I think you're right that it must be a name used in Europe.

Alan N1AL


On 4/18/19 1:30 PM, Fred Jensen wrote:
> The Nanokeyer is the creation of Oscar, DJ0MY.  It's possible that the 
> RCA Phono connector is called a "Cinch" connector in EU or DL, but in 
> the US [and I believe Canada], it is quite distinct from the 
> "Cinch-Jones" connectors, which I find are still available from the 
> several sources I checked.
>
> 73,
> Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW
> Sparks NV DM09dn
> Washoe County
>
> On 4/18/2019 1:08 PM, Gwen Patton wrote:
>> I just built a Nanokeyer last night, and the connections for keyer 
>> and PTT
>> are both RCA jacks. However, in the documentation, they are referred 
>> to as
>> "cinch connectors". When cataloging the parts prior to building, I 
>> had to
>> look in the construction pictures to verify what kind of connector was a
>> "cinch" connector. I was rather surprised to see that RCA connectors 
>> have a
>> different name now, but RCA hasn't been a thing for a long time now so I
>> guess it was inevitable, seeing as it is listed as having gone 
>> defunct in
>> 1986.
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