Re: [Elecraft] Cinch Jones Connectors

2019-04-21 Thread Eric Swartz WA6HHQ - Elecraft
Folks - thread has been closed previously. 73, Eric Moderator elecraft.com --- Sent from my iPhone 6S > On Apr 21, 2019, at 12:53 PM, Dave Heil wrote: > > There used to be (and there may still be) in the Cinch line, locking Jones > connectors with steel tabs on each side with released when

Re: [Elecraft] Cinch Jones Connectors

2019-04-21 Thread Dave Heil
There used to be (and there may still be) in the Cinch line, locking Jones connectors with steel tabs on each side with released when you squeezed them. 73, Dave Heil K8MN On 19-Apr-19 19:28, Fred Jensen wrote: Because they are not locking and will separate if pulled, on more than once

Re: [Elecraft] Cinch Jones Connectors

2019-04-19 Thread Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft
In the interest of reliving email overload for others, let's wind this OT thread down now as its past 11 posts. In general, please self moderate when getting up past 5 to 6 posts on OT discussions. 73, Eric Moderator, I think.. ;-) /elecraft.com/ On 4/19/2019 2:24 PM, Charlie T wrote:

Re: [Elecraft] Cinch Jones Connectors

2019-04-19 Thread Wes
You remember correctly.  And they can require a tussle to separate on the bigger sizes. Wes  N7WS On 4/19/2019 1:13 PM, Kidder, George wrote: If I remember rightly (and it's been a LONG time) there was an outer shell pair made for at least some sizes which locked together external to the

Re: [Elecraft] Cinch Jones Connectors

2019-04-19 Thread Charlie T
current rating than those Anderson power poles everyone seems to have fallen for. 73, Charlie k3ICH -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net On Behalf Of Fred Jensen Sent: Friday, April 19, 2019 2:29 PM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Cinch Jones

Re: [Elecraft] Cinch Jones Connectors

2019-04-19 Thread Kidder, George
If I remember rightly (and it's been a LONG time) there was an outer shell pair made for at least some sizes which locked together external to the shell.  Even without the lock, the multi-pin models (especially in the larger sizes) took some umph to get them apart. George, W3HBM Bar Harbor,

Re: [Elecraft] Cinch Jones Connectors

2019-04-19 Thread Fred Jensen
Because they are not locking and will separate if pulled, on more than once occasion while I was snarfing around behind the desk and got my foot tangled up in all the "wireless" down there, I did not pull the TX off the desk. [:-) 73, Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW Sparks NV DM09dn Washoe County On

Re: [Elecraft] Cinch Jones Connectors

2019-04-18 Thread Phil Kane
On 4/18/2019 1:23 PM, Jim Brown wrote: > Yes. That's always been their correct name. Because of their relatively > large footprint as compared to modern connectors, they are used > primarily on legacy equipment. I have several '70s and '80s vintage > "brick" amps for 2M and 440 MHz that use them.

[Elecraft] Cinch Jones Connectors

2019-04-18 Thread Jim Brown
On 4/18/2019 12:54 PM, Andy Durbin wrote: Browse for "Cinch Jones". Yes. That's always been their correct name. Because of their relatively large footprint as compared to modern connectors, they are used primarily on legacy equipment. I have several '70s and '80s vintage "brick" amps for 2M