Re: Plessey PV.14E Aerial amp
There are 3 of them at the back of the Murphy B40 series receivers used by the RN. The chassis socket is listed as "Admiralty Pattern 60451" in the manual. The prototype B40 from 1945 has one of these connectors on the back panel, so they must date back at least that far.
Some of the plugs I have are marked "F&E LTD" I believe for "Film and Equipment" so I have always known them as Film and Equipment connectors. In Radio Bygones magazine, issue 103 (October 2006), Michael O'Beirne also calls them F&E connectors. I don't know if this is the manufacturers name for them.
(Removes deerstalker hat.)
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