[ICOM] ICW32A BNC spanner nut tool

[Ed - K9EW]

Hi Larry,

I've taken a regular open-end wrench (don't recall what size right
now), and ground it down to make it thinner so it would engage the two
flats on the BNC connector.  Whenever I misplace it, I just make
another one.

73,
ed - k9ew


On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 10:49 AM, Larry L. Hinton
<hinton.ll at frontier.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I am looking for a spanner nut tool to remove the nut on a BNC connector,
> specifically on an IC-W32A. I tried the usual things such as long needle
> nose pliers (actually broke the tip) and a couple of other tools around. The
> nut will not budge.
>
> Years ago, I had a tool set specifically for these types of nuts when I
> worked avionics repair. However, they have taken a walk into no man's land.
> These tools were basically thin wall deep sockets with two rectangular pins
> 180 degrees apart. My shop is very limited and manufacturing something like
> this would take quite some time.
>
> Anyone have suggestions on a source for such a tool?
>
> Tnx,
>
> Larry
> K7YBZ
>
>
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