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Subject: [TowerTalk] Rotor Connector
From: ab5tv@ix.netcom.com (Madison Jones)
Date: Tue, 27 Jan 1998 20:40:13 -0600
Jim Reid wrote:
> 
> At 06:13 PM 1/27/98 -0600, Dale L. Martin wrote:
> >I have in my hands a package from C.A.T.S.   It is the "quik connect".
> -snip-
> >I beg your sage comments.
> >
> 
> HI Dale,  I have the CATS connector on the bottom of my Tailtwister.
> Every once in awhile,  I have to go jiggle it!!  Every now and then
> it seems one of the contacts within opens;  a bit of a wiggle to the
> cable just as it enters the plugged together connectors seems to
> repair the problem for the moment.
> 
> Not sure if my problem is the connector connecting with the mate,
> or if a wire to the plug isn't quite connected properly.
> 
> Anyway,  the connector,  for me,  has been the cause of occasional
> intermittent or no operation,  until jiggled.
> 
> 73,  Jim, KH7M
> 
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I've had mine on a HAM-IV for 3 yrs or so with absolutely no problems. 
Have moved the rotator a couple of times for various reasons without
having to disconnect it, and it still works.  I am not a fan of plastic
connectors, but this one seem to be OK, and certainly a lot better than
the terminal strip once you get it installed.

Regards,

Madison
w5mj

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