[MRCA] GRC-9 Power Connectors

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Mike and Richard,

CD-1086 also came in 4' and 50'.  Standard issue AN/GRC-9 came with both the 
4' and the 7'.  The 50' is extremely rare and may have been locally procurred. 
 I've never had one but have a friend who does.  It was used with the 
PE-162-(*) gasoline powered generator.

If you happen to acquire a CD-1086 of either length, the first thing you want 
to do is flex it from end to end in about 1' steps.  If you hear nothing, it 
should be OK.  If you hear a dry hissing or rustling noise, the insulation on 
the individual conductors has gone hard or brittle and the noise is the sound 
of it breaking.  This can happen with any cables but seems to be most 
prevalent in CD-1086's with ones made in the early 50's, including some of those 
marked CD-1086-Gy.

In a message dated 11/6/2004 4:28:13 PM Central Standard Time, 
richard.arland at verizon.net writes: 
> >The cord CD-1086 consists of eight conductors and a braided copper shield, 
> 
> >seven feet long.  The female PL-279 end goes to the RT-77, while the male 
> >PL-294 goes to the DY-105.
> >
> >These plugs, and complete CD-1086 cords, show up fairly regularly on ebay. 
> >That was my source for the last PL-279 that I needed.

Robert Downs - Houston
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