[NLRS] Items for Sale

[John P. Toscano]

Chris Elmquist wrote:
> 
> On Thursday (02/22/2007 at 08:29PM -0500), W0ZQ at aol.com wrote:
> 
>>* TE Systems 1412G 2 Meter Amp - 25-45  watts in - 160-200 watts out.  22 
>>amps.  Preamp has 15 dB gain and a  0.7 nf.  Manual comes with it but I don't 
>>have the power cord (can be  gotten from TE or I think N0JCF may have one).  $250
> 
> If it becomes a dire need, we can probably find the Cinch Jones socket
> that is used to make the cable.  It is a 4-pin type that I don't believe
> is all that rare.

My RF Concepts bricks use the 4-pin Jones socket for the power cable. I 
thought I had an extra one around here, but it's such a mess here that a 
brief look didn't turn it up. The connector itself is available from 
Digi-Key (part CJ104S-ND), and might even be available locally. As Chris 
points out, it is not a rare connector. You might even find it at Radio 
City.

> The connector that is a little more tricky is the goofy 7-pin tube socket
> that TE uses for their accessory jack.  This is the place where you would
> connect your hard keying PTT line to the amp.  I ended up modifying one
> of my amps to remove that tube socket and replace it with a small brass
> plate to which a plain old RCA jack is fitted. This then matches all of
> my other brick amps that use that style jack for hard keying.

Is it, by any chance, a DIN connector? One of my RFC amps uses a 5-pin 
DIN socket to allow remote access to the front panel switches. The other 
two have a round cap over the hole where the DIN connector would mount, 
I guess it was a factor option or something.  All of them have a single 
RCA phono jack on the back panel for PTT. They came stock as PTT-High, 
and I was able to easily change the 222 amp to use PTT-Ground for 
compatibility with my transverter.  In any case, 5-pin DIN plugs are 
easy to find, 7-pin DIN plugs are a little harder (once upon a time you 
could find them at the local Radio Shack, but no more).

Digi-key shows the DIN connectors on the following catalog page:
   http://dkc3.digikey.com/PDF/T071/P0343.pdf

Hope that helps.
John (WØJT)