[Milsurplus] Cable Connectors

[WA5CAB at cs.com]

Yep, that's probably why I blocked them out last night, too.  Painful 
memories.  :-)

Referring also to Jack's comment on Breeze, I've never seen anything on the 
why.  Maybe as with generators, if there are two ways to do something 
someone will try both ways.  I rate the design as poor for a harsh application as 
there is no way to clamp the wire or cable so that pulling on it does not 
pull on the contacts.

I don't think I have ever seen but about two examples of the flanged tube 
that was intended to be attached to the rear of the cable plug body.  I have 
several here with the nut to hold it on but no tube.  Then I have one where 
the area around the wires is potted.  Cant't for the life of me figure out 
how you would ever attach it to anything!  And I have some PL-108's that have 
a right angle fitting on the back.  I guess that you had to leave the 
fitting's coulpling nut loose until after you attached the connector to the set.

In a message dated 4/6/2010 9:53:58 AM Central Daylight Time, 
aaf-radio-1 at aafradio.org writes: 
> I was thinking about mentioning those, but they've irritated me so much 
> over the years that I blanked them out of my mind before I could post.   
> :-)  
> 
> Bottom photo at http://aafradio.org/flightdeck/I-71A.html
> 
> WA5CAB at cs.com wrote:
> >And I completely forgot those reverse-coupling monstrosities, which would 
> 
> >be an eighth fairly common connector family.  Found mostly on NAV sets 
> like 
> >the SCR-269, and for some reason on the trail antenna reel and controls.  
> I 
> >would submit them as proof that if there are two or three good ways to do 
> 
> >something, someone can almost always come up with another not-so-good 
> way.  :-)
> 

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