Not sure that Euro or Phoenix connectors were around (or at least readily available) when these beasties were built. Strictly 1970's low tech.
Bill AD5OL ________________________________ From: Paul Christensen <w...@arrl.net> To: Discussion of AM Radio in the Amateur Service <amradio@mailman.qth.net> Sent: Thursday, September 24, 2009 3:53:28 PM Subject: Re: [AMRadio] Microphone recomendation > Amen to Steve's comments on Logitek. They run 120V. from the back panel to > the power switch on the front panel on a piece of Belden 8451 shieded pair > audio cable bundled in with the microphone lines from the back panel > connectors. Shall we say less than "best engineering practices". And... Consideration to rack placement is critical. If access to the Logitek's top cover is needed for maintenance and its obstructed, it means removing every single wire to an array of screw-down barrier strips. A better solution for Logitek would have been to design a back-plane using miniature Euro-Block connectors so that groups of plugs can be unplugged from a mating barrier jack. Need to remove the mixer from the rack? No problem. Just unplug a few connectors and reconnect when maintenance is complete. For most equipment, removing a few wires is not problematic. But when you consider the number of possible connections on the Logitek back-plane, removing every wire can be a nightmare. Fortunately for amateur radio purposes, not too many of us need a lot of inputs -- unlike typical remote broadcast demands. Paul, W9AC ______________________________________________________________ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/amradio@mailman.qth.net/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Post: AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to amradio-requ...@mailman.qth.net with the word unsubscribe in the message body. This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/amradio@mailman.qth.net/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Post: AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to amradio-requ...@mailman.qth.net with the word unsubscribe in the message body. This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
