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Mobile Power Connector choices?
"KC4UAI" wrote in message : : It's not been an issue for me until this Christmas when : : my wife decided to get me a VHF/UHF mobile rig. I've : : been using an older Icom 2 meter rig in both the cars : : for years so both cars have Icom power cables in place, : : but the new rig doesn't use the same power connectors. : : : : I'd like to settle on a common power connector for both : : the radios, but I'm not all that sure where to go to : : find something that is reasonably priced and is not : : going to disappear in the future and force me to go out : : and buy all new connectors again. : : : : I figured I'd not remove any of the existing connectors : : on the radios, but build up short jumpers that adapt to : : the connector of choice. I also figured that I'd use : : the existing power wires by replacing the current Icom : : power connector with what ever I pick. : : : : Any suggestions on what to use and where to get them? : : : : -= bob =- I use "bullet" connectors, common in the UK for making up power leads, not sure if you have them in the US..? Here's a link to a UK supplier, you can see there what they are, obviously you would use them in a polarised fashion, with the female connector on the "live" feed from the battery. These are the female ones: http://www.maplin.co.uk/module.aspx?...2724&doy=18m12 Male: http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?...e=14&doy=18m12 Hope this helps, note to whoever moderates this, I know it's a commercial site but it's intended purely as a means of showing the type of connector I mean :-) 73 Ivor G6URP |
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