[Premium-Rx] Dancom R201 SSB MF/HF receiver - question about power connector pinning

[John Reed]

I have a Dancom R203 that I got working with a power cord I put together. 
Will that info help you?

John Reed

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <canton at island.net>
To: <Premium-Rx at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, September 19, 2011 11:10 AM
Subject: [Premium-Rx] Dancom R201 SSB MF/HF receiver - question about power 
connector pinning


> I've recently acquired on of these nicely build marine receivers but I
> have a bit of a quandry.  Does anyone on the list have a Dancom R201
> receiver and would know about the pinning on the power connector.  I
> don't have a power cord so there isn't any clue about connecting up
> power. To further confuse the issue there are two 6 pin sockets on the
> back, one female and one male.  The schematic shows one is power input
> (ac - pins 2 & 6 with 1 gnd and dc - pins 3 and 5 with 4 gnd) and the
> other one is IF output but there is no indication which is which.  The
> power socket has both 110 and 220 as well as 24v input but no
> indication on the socket as to which pins are which.  Also the wires
> connected to the sockets aren't easily traced without disassembly.
>
> On the schematic one plug is numbered (from the 12 o'clock position,
> clockwise) 1 2 3 4 5 6 while the other is labelled (from the 6 o'clock
> position, clockwise) 1 2 3 4 5 6.  I don't know if there is a
> convention that somehow distinguishes male from female based on this
> sequence.
>
> I would normally expect that the male socket (aka would then be with a
> female power plug) would make more sense for power input but looking
> at the female socket I see that two of the pin receptacles are larger
> which might better reflect AC power input.  Also since I would prefer
> to power with DC there is no indication of polarity.
>
> I'm hoping someone has one of these receivers and can offer some
> advice before I end up frying something or have to disassemble to
> trace all the wired.
>
> cheers
> Chris
> VE7TOP
>
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