[TenTec] Ten Tec Power Connectors

[Jim Brown K9YC]

The white multi-pin rectangular connectors used by Ten Tec for power 
on their radios during the 70s and 80s are Molex connectors. They 
come in several sizes. You buy the white housings and the pins 
separately. There are male and female housings and male and female 
pins. The newest Ten Tec radio I own is an Omni V, and it also uses 
Molex for power. Newark, Allied, Mouser, Digikey are the sources. 
They aren't very expensive and they're moderately robust, but 
they're a bit of a PITA, because once a pin is inserted in the 
housing, it's next to impossible to get it out without a special 
tool. And although othey latch pretty solidly, it can be a PITA to 
unlatch them!   

73,

Jim K9YC