Anyone know where could I get a .....

B

budgie

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... line cord socket to match the power input plug on the rear of a Collins HF
transceiver model HF282?

These connectors are like a six-pin Jones plug on steroids.

Rockwell Collins Aust have referred me to their stateside parent, to whom i have
sent an enquiry. I am not hopeful of success, let alone affordability. I am
equally sure that it is a generic connector by Amphenol/AMP/Tyco but I have
found their web-cattledogs to be real dogs.

Any suggestions?
 
You could try the Collins user groups and reflectors in the USA. I'm
not familiar with that beast. A photo of the socket might help, with a
steel rule for dimensions.

Bra.
 
On 22 Jan 2006 23:54:41 -0800, "bradvk2qq" <bradvk2qq@w6ir.com> wrote:

You could try the Collins user groups and reflectors in the USA. I'm
not familiar with that beast. A photo of the socket might help, with a
steel rule for dimensions.
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Had a photo of the chassis plus ready, but no ruler in it. Only took 20 mins to
move the crap off the top, lug it into an accessible spot (21kg) and measure the
strategic dimensions. Pics of chassis plug and scan of front of tcvr ex service
manual are at

http://members.westnet.com.au/zippo/home.html

Chassis opening and plug plastic (bakelite) body is 36.5mm wide. Pins are 6.6mm
wide x 1.5 mm thick. Pin pitch is regular, polarising pin saving the day.

My experience in searching the web only uncovered Collins collectors who were
single-mindedly "S-line focussed" to put it politely. These sets were a
standard commercial land mobile type, all solid state and fully synthesised
(OTPROM programmed) etc etc and my service manual is dated 1979.

(BAL admitted only to subs and aircraft Collins stuff, and pointed me at R-C-A
for land mobile.)

Maybe - just maybe - some of the a/c HF sets might have used something like it.

Tnx Brad
 
On Mon, 23 Jan 2006 21:40:17 +0800, budgie <me@privacy.net> wrote:

Found a couple of hits on listservers, going to look ...
 
On Mon, 23 Jan 2006 08:25:13 -0600, Bob Bob <bob3bob3@cox.net> wrote:

Hi Brad

I should really look into some history of where I work!
Click to expand...
It's even quite interesting looking at the history unearthed for the Australian
end, just Google on Collins Radio Australia (or Rockwell Collins Australia) as
three separate words.
 
Sorry Brad

Asked the guy. He certainly remembered the amateur Collins gear but not
the one you are looking for. He also said that Rockwell-Collins more
market to military/space stuff nowadays.

Cheers Bob
 
On Tue, 24 Jan 2006 02:43:03 GMT, Alan <me@somewhere.com.au.invalid> wrote:

On Mon, 23 Jan 2006 14:42:29 +0800, budgie <me@privacy.net> wrote:

.. line cord socket to match the power input plug on the rear of a Collins HF
transceiver model HF282?

These connectors are like a six-pin Jones plug on steroids.

Rockwell Collins Aust have referred me to their stateside parent, to whom i have
sent an enquiry. I am not hopeful of success, let alone affordability. I am
equally sure that it is a generic connector by Amphenol/AMP/Tyco but I have
found their web-cattledogs to be real dogs.

Any suggestions?
Have a try here:

http://www.cinch.com/view_product_line.cinch?id=29

You may be lucky.

Cinch took over Jones - try searching for Cinch-Jones. You may have to
send e-mails to get dimensions
Click to expand...
Unfortunately, these are bigger pin size/spacing than "standard" Jones plugs. I
have Jones on all sorts of stuff from older Codan to Yaesu, and these are
definitely scaled up beasts. Also, Jones achieve polarisation with pin
orientation - these use a polarising pin. See pic (url in my reply to Brad).
 
On Wed, 25 Jan 2006 12:04:02 +0800, budgie <me@privacy.net> wrote:

On Tue, 24 Jan 2006 02:43:03 GMT, Alan <me@somewhere.com.au.invalid> wrote:

Have a try here:

http://www.cinch.com/view_product_line.cinch?id=29

You may be lucky.

Cinch took over Jones - try searching for Cinch-Jones. You may have to
send e-mails to get dimensions

Unfortunately, these are bigger pin size/spacing than "standard" Jones plugs. I
have Jones on all sorts of stuff from older Codan to Yaesu, and these are
definitely scaled up beasts. Also, Jones achieve polarisation with pin
orientation - these use a polarising pin. See pic (url in my reply to Brad).
Click to expand...
Follow-up - still exploring the Cinch/Jones cattledog. Didn't know Jones came
in assorted pin sized types. Just MIGHT be a matching type ....
 
On Wed, 25 Jan 2006 12:45:58 +0800, budgie <me@privacy.net> wrote:

On Wed, 25 Jan 2006 12:04:02 +0800, budgie <me@privacy.net> wrote:

On Tue, 24 Jan 2006 02:43:03 GMT, Alan <me@somewhere.com.au.invalid> wrote:

Have a try here:

http://www.cinch.com/view_product_line.cinch?id=29

You may be lucky.

Cinch took over Jones - try searching for Cinch-Jones. You may have to
send e-mails to get dimensions

Unfortunately, these are bigger pin size/spacing than "standard" Jones plugs. I
have Jones on all sorts of stuff from older Codan to Yaesu, and these are
definitely scaled up beasts. Also, Jones achieve polarisation with pin
orientation - these use a polarising pin. See pic (url in my reply to Brad).

Follow-up - still exploring the Cinch/Jones cattledog. Didn't know Jones came
in assorted pin sized types. Just MIGHT be a matching type ....
the 2400 series seemed to be about the dimensions you stated!
Click to expand...

Alan

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