[HAM] Fw: Chopping Hammonds

[Steve Leigh]

At 04:42 PM 5/2/2007, you wrote:
> > I used 2 large green military-type multi-pin round screw-together
>connectors
> > (panel mounted females) that I found at an electronics store at the time.
> > Looks like they are 52 pins each. heavy-duty.

:)  Believe it or not, those are military Amphenols.
My very first attempt at swapping out the stock (breakable) Amphenols 
was with these green, military spec, screw together connectors.  I 
think they weighed about 5 pounds each!  Drive a bus over them - no 
damage.  And man - they had CABLE clamps!  You could tear the 
connector box off the Hammond, and those clamps held on.

Memory tells me they came in dozens of configurations - with blue 
plastic inserts holding pins and sockets.  For my use (Hammond to 
Leslie), I recall the 6 pin version - 3 huge pins, 3 much smaller in 
diameter.  I wonder if they're still in a box someplace out in the 
storage room?



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