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20th Feb 2023, 5:28 pm | #1 |
Pentode
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Help identifying this rf connector
I'm restoring a Radiovision Hambander (c. 1947) and it has an unusual aerial socket - a bit like a phono socket but larger.
Barrel o/d is approx 11 mm and inner dia approx 3.5 mm. Photo attached with traditional B/L coax socket for comparison. Can anyone identify it and/or advise what type of plug mates with it. TIA Roger G4BZI |
20th Feb 2023, 6:36 pm | #2 |
Dekatron
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Re: Help identifying this rf connector
MUSA connecor?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musa_connector Used in various WWII/post-WWII RADAR-type applications.
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20th Feb 2023, 9:02 pm | #3 |
Nonode
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Re: Help identifying this rf connector
I think I have seen similar on BT/ Post Office exchange equipment (75 ohm multiplexer gear?) from a few decades ago. Maybe someone more familiar with exchange equipment might comment? Not sure if I have any though, but that does look familiar somehow?
Rob
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21st Feb 2023, 8:19 am | #4 |
Heptode
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Re: Help identifying this rf connector
It is similar to one of the General Radio RF connectors, but a bit different. Possibly a GR connector would fit?
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21st Feb 2023, 3:23 pm | #5 |
Hexode
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Re: Help identifying this rf connector
Definitely not MUSA
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22nd Feb 2023, 1:09 pm | #6 |
Heptode
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Re: Help identifying this rf connector
Reminds me of a car aerial socket with the center connection removed.
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22nd Feb 2023, 6:14 pm | #7 |
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Re: Help identifying this rf connector
Agreed, not a MUSA. They were virtually the standard connector for in-house test gear in the old STC Submarine Cables Lab at North Woolwich where I spent my vacation training as a student in the summer of 1968, during which I made up several cable assemblies that used MUSA connectors.
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