[TowerTalk] Yaesu G1000 connector and US Tower TMM 541SS

[Grant Saviers]

Aha - one more page and there it was

http://www.kineticllc.com/catalog.asp?prodid=672201&showprevnext=1

$9.00 for the standard, nice folks, don't know if they can get the angle 
one.

Grant KZ1W

On 6/22/2011 6:17 PM, Paul Dluehosh wrote:
> I have installed a US Tower TMM 541SS (5 section telescoping tower) and
> have put a Yaesu G-1000 rotor in the top section. The rotor fits in the
> top section of the tower with the exception that the keyed 7-pin
> connector which plugs into the side of the bottom half of the rotor has
> a shell which is long enough so that when the top section of the tower
> is being collapsed into the next section of the tower (when cranking it
> down), the shell hits the strut on the next section. Collapsing the
> tower any further would snap off the shell or the connector and possibly
> also damage the jack in the side of the rotor.
>
> So, my question is, does anyone know who the manufacturer of the
> connector is and what the part number might be so I could find a similar
> connector with at right angle shell? The connector is keyed and the
> right angle shell would have to go horizontally to the right to fit
> inside the struts of the second section from the top so that it would
> not break off.
>
> Any clues are welcome!
>
> Thanks, 73,
> Paul -- N4PD
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