Wireless Set 19 Mark II power PL connector - UK Vintage Radio Repair and Restoration Discussion Forum

Ottawaboy · 1st Feb 2023, 1:21 pm

I have a Mark II but the orientation of the PL connector is off one quarter, at least using the connector that came with the radio. It has been re-wired, is it possible to disassemble and get the cable aligned horizontal as opposed to vertical? Or possibly not the original connector and cable?

mickm3for · 1st Feb 2023, 2:14 pm

Hi the screw in the center loosen this then the cable entry will rotate Mick

Ottawaboy · 2nd Feb 2023, 10:04 am

I guess it will come to that, rotating the socket on the radio itself. What is frustrating the cable wiring was replaced in the connector itself at one point but I can't figure how to dissemble the connector. Perhaps put back together wrong?

Keith · 2nd Feb 2023, 2:17 pm

No, you don't need to rotate the connector on the set. That would be extemely difficult, anyway. As Mick says, you just loosen or remove the screw in the middle of the flying socket insert (i.e the plastic part), then you can change the orientation of the metal shroud to suit your needs.

trh01uk · 2nd Feb 2023, 4:45 pm

Others have given you the solution - just loosen and rotate the backshell of the free plug.

You may well have other complications though. That free plug and lead does not look anything like the standard "dogbone" lead that normally connects the set to the PSU. So what's on the other end of it? Do you have the standard PSU for the WS19?

Richard

NottsIan · 7th Feb 2023, 1:02 pm

Don't forget the MkII had a smaller connector than the more common MkIII. The one in the picture looks like my memory of mine (so no guarantee then!!). Apart from the angle that is.

G4XWDJim · 10th Feb 2023, 3:08 pm

Here's a pic of what your aiming to see. Be careful when you rotate the plug that the wires aren't crumbling and you don't put excessive strain on them.

Jim

I know my pic is of a 6 pin but the construction is the same in a 12 pin.

1st Feb 2023, 1:21 pm	#1
Ottawaboy Diode Join Date: Jan 2021 Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Posts: 8	Wireless Set 19 Mark II power PL connector I have a Mark II but the orientation of the PL connector is off one quarter, at least using the connector that came with the radio. It has been re-wired, is it possible to disassemble and get the cable aligned horizontal as opposed to vertical? Or possibly not the original connector and cable? Attached Thumbnails

1st Feb 2023, 2:14 pm	#2
mickm3for Heptode Join Date: May 2015 Location: Chatham, Kent, UK. Posts: 804	Re: Wireless 19 Mark II power PL connector Hi the screw in the center loosen this then the cable entry will rotate Mick

2nd Feb 2023, 10:04 am	#3
Ottawaboy Diode Join Date: Jan 2021 Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Posts: 8	Re: Wireless 19 Mark II power PL connector I guess it will come to that, rotating the socket on the radio itself. What is frustrating the cable wiring was replaced in the connector itself at one point but I can't figure how to dissemble the connector. Perhaps put back together wrong?

2nd Feb 2023, 2:17 pm	#4
Keith Heptode Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, UK. Posts: 672	Re: Wireless 19 Mark II power PL connector No, you don't need to rotate the connector on the set. That would be extemely difficult, anyway. As Mick says, you just loosen or remove the screw in the middle of the flying socket insert (i.e the plastic part), then you can change the orientation of the metal shroud to suit your needs. __________________ Keith Yates - G3XGW VMARS & BVWS member http://www.tibblestone.com/oldradios/Old_Radios.htm

2nd Feb 2023, 4:45 pm	#5
trh01uk Octode Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire, UK. Posts: 1,457	Re: Wireless 19 Mark II power PL connector Others have given you the solution - just loosen and rotate the backshell of the free plug. You may well have other complications though. That free plug and lead does not look anything like the standard "dogbone" lead that normally connects the set to the PSU. So what's on the other end of it? Do you have the standard PSU for the WS19? Richard

7th Feb 2023, 1:02 pm	#6
NottsIan Tetrode Join Date: Mar 2018 Location: Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, UK. Posts: 77	Re: Wireless 19 Mark II power PL connector Don't forget the MkII had a smaller connector than the more common MkIII. The one in the picture looks like my memory of mine (so no guarantee then!!). Apart from the angle that is.

10th Feb 2023, 3:08 pm	#7
G4XWDJim Octode Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Littlehampton, West Sussex, UK. Posts: 1,426	Re: Wireless Set 19 Mark II power PL connector Here's a pic of what your aiming to see. Be careful when you rotate the plug that the wires aren't crumbling and you don't put excessive strain on them. Jim I know my pic is of a 6 pin but the construction is the same in a 12 pin. Attached Thumbnails Last edited by G4XWDJim; 10th Feb 2023 at 3:24 pm.