[MRCA] [MMRCG] mystery socket

[Nick England]

False alarm. Went back to my 1951 Allied catalog and found the 78S-5S is a
chassis mount round Bakelite type rather than the wafer insulation like
yours.

Nick England K4NYW
www.navy-radio.com


On Mon, Jun 30, 2025 at 4:32 PM Nick England <navy.radio at gmail.com> wrote:

> Checking my 1965 Allies Industrial catalog.  Looks like an Amphenol series
> 78 ??
> 5-pin is 78-PCG5 but that mounting is wrong.
> Maybe 78S-5
> Plugs are series 71
> Maybe 71-5S
>
> More later.
>
> Nick England K4NYW
> www.navy-radio.com
>
>
> On Mon, Jun 30, 2025 at 2:40 PM Ray Fantini via groups.io <RAFANTINI=
> salisbury.edu at groups.io> wrote:
>
>> OK smart people, what is the proper name of this type old socket? It’s a
>> five pin socket that would have been used on a battery pack. Building up a
>> couple battery packs for MAB radios and need more of these. Also similar to
>> what’s used on the battery pack on the BC-474 radios (receiver) except
>> that’s a four pin missing the one loan top pin.
>>
>>
>>
>> Ray F/KA3EKH
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