[Milsurplus] Cable Connectors

[J. Forster]

One reason they used the Cannons in early TV gear was that very few, if
any, other connector series had mixes of coax and ordinary pins. Coax was
needed for TV video ande sync.

-John

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> The early versions of the AN/ARN-5 glide slope receiver
> used a K connector, but when additional pins were needed
> for expanded channels, they switched to the AN style.
>
> Although not military equipment, RCA used K connectors
> extensively for broadcast television equipment. They had
> an intercom system that the connectors required probably
> cost more than the little amplifiers they built.
>
> I always had a whimsical hunch that they did so to use
> up all the left over stock from WWII equipment manufacturing.
>
> The last commercial equipment I saw that used K connectors were
> for the AC line cord connector for Microwave Radio Power supplies
> up until around 1980.
>
> On the SCR-269 and AN/ARN-7, what was the history behind the
> external thread "Breeze" style connectors?  I'm just wondering
> what the advantages of that connector were over other styles.
>
> Jack Antonio WA7DIA
>
>
>
>
> Mike Morrow wrote:
>> Robert wrote of Cannon K connector usage:
>>
>>> Also:
>>> TA-12
>>> RAX
>>> AN/ARC-5 remote spot tuner
>>> TCS
>>> ATC
>>> TCZ
>>> ARB
>>> ATB
>>> ATD
>>> RL-5,6,7
> use the Cannon K somewhere:>>
>>> And probably a few more.  But arguably all Navy.
>
>> Here's some USAAF/USAF examples that
>> AN/ARC-9 (Bendix RTA-1B)
>> AN/ARC-59 (Collins 18S-4)
>> AN/ARN-11 (Bendix MN-26LB)
>>
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