[Milsurplus] Jones Plugs

[J. Forster]

Jones connectors were used well outside the US also. The famous British 
R.1155 and T.1154, among others used them.

-John

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> Only the smaller Jones plugs are polarized by rotated contacts.  The
> largest series have all parallel contacts and a round guide pin.  These
> are used
> in for example the BC-610 (inter-rack cables) and BC-603/683 (dynamotor
> plugs).  Some of the early FM sets also used the largest Jones plugs and I
> would
> guess that so did GR.
>
> In a message dated 6/27/2010 12:28:42 PM Central Daylight Time,
> k2cby at optonline.net writes:
>> The answer may depend on how you define "Jones Plug."
>>
>> General Radio used a connector very similar to a jumbo-sized Jones plug
>> in
>> connecting the external power supplies to its signal generators in the
>> late
>> 1930s.
>>
>> The main difference was that it had a round locator pin in addition to
>> the
>> familiar two rows of rectangular contacts.
>>
>> Miles Anderson, K2CBY
>> 16 Round Pond Ln
>> Sag Harbor, NY 11963
>>
>
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