[TowerTalk] TowerTalk Digest, Vol 47, Issue 69

[donovanf at starpower.net]

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 at comcast.net>  
>Subject: Re: TowerTalk Digest, Vol 47, Issue 69  
>To: donovanf at 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