From: Jim Newton (jnewton@laurel.com)
Date: Wed Aug 27 2003 - 04:01:01 PDT
Hi Henry...
Thank you very much for your reply. That was the ticket! It worked
great.
I love this mail list!
>How lucky do you feel?
>
>If you hold the pin end (CAREFULLY !!!!) and turn the knurled collar
>above the locking ring it should (SHOULD, being the important word in
>the sentence) unscrew and expose the crimp or solder connections.
>
>Note: One way to hold the pin end is to put it in the mating socket and
>CAREFULLY turn the collar. The up side is that it may hold the connector
>with out damage, the down side is that if it does not work, it can screw
>up both the plug and socket.
>
>If the connector will not come apart, or gets screwed up, these are
>common connectors, and William Perry in KY can fix you up with a
>replacement.
>
>Good luck, and if it goes horribly wrong, remember I told you to be
>careful! <G>
>
>Hank
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Military Vehicles Mailing List [mailto:mil-veh@mil-veh.org] On
>Behalf Of Jim Newton
>Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2003 3:49 AM
>To: Military Vehicles Mailing List
>Subject: [MV] MV RADIO RELATED -- Need Instructions for Microphone
>Connector...
>
>
>
>Calling List Radio Experts...
>
>I'm restoring a cool old OD military bullhorn megaphone unit (data plate
>says "Speaker Amplifier, A Unit of Public Address System, AN/PIQ-5" and
>has a sticker "Overhauled Tobyhanna Army Depot, Date 7126"), and it has
>a 4-pin connector on the microphone cord.
>
>The small stainless steel button plunger on the microphone activates a
>microswitch inside the mic body, but the microswitch is NOT triggering
>the amplifier. The microswitch and plunger are working and close the
>circuit when pressed. If I remove the mic connector and short the
>correct 2 pins on the female microphone jack on the body of the
>megaphone, the amplifier is activated. So I know the problem is in the
>wire between the microswitch and the connector pins.
>
>So, I need to get into the connector to check the connection from the
>individual wires to the pins.
>
>QUESTION:
>---------
>Is there a way to disassemble this connector to get at the backside of
>the pins? If so, how?
>
>Here's a couple of pictures of the connector:
>
> http://www.cucv.net/mic_01.jpg
> http://www.cucv.net/mic_02.jpg
>
>Thank you!
--Jim "Ike" Newton
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