21 May
2001
21 May
'01
12:21 a.m.
On Sun, 20 May 2001 16:47:34 -0700 Doug Coward
<mranalog(a)home.com> wrote:
Cables interconnected the components in the rack.
These
cables used RETMA connectors. These connector are the
diameter of and have pins the size of the base of a
octal pin vacuum tube. Of course the pin spacing is
different. I have a number of these components, but
the connector are difficult to find.
My quest for an odd connector is a little different... I
have a Tektronix RF signal generator with a GR-874
connector. It's hermaphrodite, in other words, it's both
male and female -- I only have one of them, so I can't
really explain how they connect up!
Now, I've discovered by a chat with my uncle (who's an
amateur radio enthusiast in Dayton, Ohio) that the "GR"
stands for General Radio. But I'm not really any closer to
finding a connector to get the RF from sig-gen to circuit!
Photo of sig-gen:
http://www.gifford.co.uk/~coredump/tek2.jpg
--
John Honniball
Email: John.Honniball(a)uwe.ac.uk
University of the West of England
