[MRCA] disassembling the US 4-pin power connector?

[W2HX]

The results. Before and after!

The original cable I had, I hacked up two other cables and joined them in the middle. I could never reclock these because the spanner rings were unmovable. I have the proper spanner, but I wonder if these had locktite. And the splice in the middle was really ugly as per the electrical tape. Not my finest hour.

For the new one, I found some new connectors on ebay, clocked them properly and put in a new cable. Night and Day!

73 Eugene W2HX
My Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@w2hx/videos

From: W2HX
Sent: Saturday, August 17, 2024 5:44 PM
To: MIKE MCAULEY <mmcauley at cox.net>; Army-Radios at Groups.io
Subject: RE: [MRCA] disassembling the US 4-pin power connector?


Yes! Thanks all set now.

73 Eugene W2HX
My Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@w2hx/videos


From: MIKE MCAULEY <mmcauley at cox.net<mailto:mmcauley at cox.net>>
Sent: Saturday, August 17, 2024 5:42 PM
To: W2HX <w2hx at w2hx.com<mailto:w2hx at w2hx.com>>; Army-Radios at Groups.io<mailto:Army-Radios at Groups.io>; k2ajr--- via MRCA <mrca at mailman.qth.net<mailto:mrca at mailman.qth.net>>
Subject: Re: [MRCA] disassembling the US 4-pin power connector?

Now you should pull the butterfly nut out.
Then you can slowly and carefully manage the male pin section out.

Mike
On Sat, Aug 17, 2024 at 10:45 AM, W2HX
<w2hx at w2hx.com<mailto:w2hx at w2hx.com>> wrote:

I know it is something like “MW10M(M)Axx” here is a picture. I’ve removed both spanner rings and the cable nut so far. But what is the next step to access the wires? I’d prefer not to mangle this if I can avoid it hihi.


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