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On a 15 pin Jones connector it's quite difficult to get the inside pins, especially if the connector is mounted to a boat anchor. --- Garey Barrell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Garey Barrell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> made an > utterance to the drakelist gang > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > I think the Drake guys used a pencil (you remember, > those yellow wooden > sticks with a pink rubber tip?) eraser to clean the > male contact pins. > They are that "tin-plate" finish that grows a rough, > gray corrosion. > DeoxIT will help, but a good cleaning with an eraser > first does a better > job. > > The Cinch-Jones connectors have always been pretty > reliable and long > lasting. Many of the commercial two-way radio > manufacturers used them, > and they seem to maintain good contact tension for a > LONG time. Cinch > offered a spring locking mechanism for all the > lines, but they're not > easily disconnected, especially in tight quarters. > > I don't recall ever having one "fail", but it's > certainly a good idea to > make sure that the heavy multiconductor power cable > is not hanging from > the connector. > > 73, Garey - K4OAH > Glen Allen, VA > > Drake 2-B, 4-B & C-Line Service Supplement CDs > <www.k4oah.com> > > > > Jim F. wrote: > > "Jim F." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> made an utterance to > the drakelist gang > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > Deoxit (from Radio Shack) helped... > > > > An old Swan 500cx would not power up initially > > and the problem was traced to badly oxidized > > pins and receptacles on a 15 pin Jones connector > > that supplied AC, and routed other connections in > > the power supply. > > > > I know folks have had problems with Drake gear and > > intermittant Jones connectors causing final tube > > damage. > > > > The Jones pins in this case still look dull but > the > > filaments now light and the receiver springs to > life > > after Deoxit was sprayed on the Jones pins. The > stuff > > also gets wiped into the receptacles as the power > > cable is connected. > > > > I wouldn't try transmitting without > > changing both the 15 pin Jones plug and receptacle > > > because the pins still seem loose and look dull. > > > > > > Jim / W1FMR > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Submissions: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - > unsubscribe drakelist in body > Hopelessly Lost: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - help in > body of message > Zerobeat Web Page: www.zerobeat.net - sponsored by > www.tlchost.net > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Submissions: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - unsubscribe drakelist in body Hopelessly Lost: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - help in body of message Zerobeat Web Page: www.zerobeat.net - sponsored by www.tlchost.net ----------------------------------------------------------------------
