Peter,
I use the 8 pin C-J connectors with excellent results (indoors), but I haven't
tried to purchase them in years.
Color coding cannot possibly solve the misalignment risk with 6 pin C-J
connectors. If you're not careful with the 6 pin connectors you can easily
engage only 3 pins, with the remaining 3 pins not engaged at all. The results
can be disastrous to your topside rotator.
If I were you, I'd put all of your 6 pin C-J connectors in your trash bin
before you suffer an unnecessary failure and monetary loss.
73!
Frank
W3LPL
---- Original message ----
>Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2006 10:37:17 -0500
>From: Peter Dougherty <w2irt@comcast.net>
>Subject: Re: TowerTalk Digest, Vol 47, Issue 69
>To: donovanf@starpower.net
>
>At 12:19 AM 11/22/2006, you wrote:
>>Peter,
>>
>>Be very careful with those 6 pin C-J connectors! They provide no
>>protection from misalignment, and its a mistake easily made (three
>>pins engaged, and three pins not engaged). The consequences can be
>>very serious.
>
>Thanks for the heads-up! I have a Yaesu rotor and 2 controllers (the
>native Yaesu box, which is now a spare, and a Green Heron box). I'm
>using these connectors for the shack end of things, not top-side. I
>will colour code the connector bodies just to be safe. I'd thought
>the spacing was such that the connectors could only go one way. Hmmm.
>
>Is there a better multi-pin connector system readily-available out
>there somewhere?
>
>Cheers,
>
>Peter,
>W2IRT
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