They’re not long gone, nowadays they call them Cinch connectors. Not only Hams use them but most AVR and Stereo manufacturers. Take a look at a High End HI-FI or AVR rear side.
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On 4/18/2019 1:55 AM, Bob DeHaney wrote:
> They’re not long gone, nowadays they call them Cinch connectors. Those of us who have been around for a long time know what a *real* Cinch connector looks like, and those "RCA" connectors do not. -- 73 de K2ASP - Phil Kane Elecraft K2/100 s/n 5402 From a Clearing in the Silicon Forest Beaverton (Washington County) Oregon ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html |
Cinch connectors like RCA plugs??? Not even similar.
By the way, all those plugs and connectors out there are lacking one hugely great asset: An RC plug can be tightened if it becomes loose - just a little squeeze is all it takes. And, I would sure rather have several RCA jacks than a DIN plug to deal with when soldering!!! ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html |
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On 4/18/2019 6:44 AM, Phil Kane wrote:
> On 4/18/2019 1:55 AM, Bob DeHaney wrote: >> They’re not long gone, nowadays they call them Cinch connectors. > Those of us who have been around for a long time know what a *real* > Cinch connector looks like, and those "RCA" connectors do not. Right -- a Cinch connector is VERY different. It has a square, rectangular, or round body with blade-like contacts on the male and receptacles on the female. 73, Jim K9YC ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html |
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Hmmm ... not quite true. Well, actually not even close. For those who
did not experience the middle of the 20th century and in the interest of historical accuracy: Cinch-Jones connectors were popular back then because they came in a variety of conductor numbers and were easy to assemble and solder, being big enough [in contrast to the abomination known as DIN connectors which came along later]. C-J connectors are square or rectangular, the "pins" are blade-like [see current day automobile fuses] with a self-wiping action on insertion, and they had a clamp device on the cable side that would grip the cable outer sheath. They had the disadvantage that they could be pulled apart fairly easily. I'm sure they're still around, I just haven't seen one in a few years. The RCA "Phono" connector accommodates two conductors, one of which is a chassis connection [or should be, see k9yc.com/groundingandbonding.pdf] I believe they appeared on the scene at the beginning of the "High Fidelity Component Era" about the time 45 and 33 1/3 RPM records appeared and were used for the audio paths between the various components of a hi-fi system. They are small, round, and you can increase the tightness of the shield connection by squeezing it slightly. My K3 has one on the back which supplies power to the P3. Nearly every TV sold at RC Willey, Best Buy, Frye's, Walmart, and Costco has a set of them for video and audio connection. I like most folks have a dozen or so of the cables that come with those TV's out in the garage that are excess to our needs. 73, Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW Sparks NV DM09dn Washoe County On 4/18/2019 1:55 AM, Bob DeHaney wrote: > They’re not long gone, nowadays they call them Cinch connectors. Not only Hams use them but most AVR and Stereo manufacturers. Take a look at a High End HI-FI or AVR rear side. > > Vy 73 de Bob DJ0RD/WU5T > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html |
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Those are now known as “Jones” connectors. No idea why the change, but they are becoming very hard to get with demand dropping.
Easy for us to work with, but they take up a lot of rear-panel space on equipment. 731 Jack, W6FB > On Apr 18, 2019, at 10:39 AM, Jim Brown <[hidden email]> wrote: > > On 4/18/2019 6:44 AM, Phil Kane wrote: >> On 4/18/2019 1:55 AM, Bob DeHaney wrote: >>> They’re not long gone, nowadays they call them Cinch connectors. >> Those of us who have been around for a long time know what a *real* >> Cinch connector looks like, and those "RCA" connectors do not. > > Right -- a Cinch connector is VERY different. It has a square, rectangular, or round body with blade-like contacts on the male and receptacles on the female. > > 73, Jim K9YC > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[hidden email] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html |
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"Those are now known as “Jones” connectors. No idea why the change, but they are becoming very hard to get with demand dropping."
Still in production and available in a variety of configurations from multiple distributors at quite reasonable prices. Browse for "Cinch Jones". 73, Andy, k3wyc ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html |
I just built a Nanokeyer last night, and the connections for keyer and PTT
are both RCA jacks. However, in the documentation, they are referred to as "cinch connectors". When cataloging the parts prior to building, I had to look in the construction pictures to verify what kind of connector was a "cinch" connector. I was rather surprised to see that RCA connectors have a different name now, but RCA hasn't been a thing for a long time now so I guess it was inevitable, seeing as it is listed as having gone defunct in 1986. The curious can find a short two minute video of my Nanokeyer's first testing here: https://youtu.be/_LLVS_Pk8zE The RCA jacks, referred to as "cinch connectors" in the documentation, are along the leading edge of the device, on the right side. Technically, though, that's the back edge. It's just in the foreground because the cable on my Bencher is short. 73, Gwen, NG3P On Thu, Apr 18, 2019 at 3:54 PM Andy Durbin <[hidden email]> wrote: > "Those are now known as “Jones” connectors. No idea why the change, but > they are becoming very hard to get with demand dropping." > > Still in production and available in a variety of configurations from > multiple distributors at quite reasonable prices. > > Browse for "Cinch Jones". > > 73, > Andy, k3wyc > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[hidden email] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > -- -+-+-+-+- Jenny Everywhere's Infinite: Quark Time http://quarktime.net ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html |
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On 4/18/2019 12:54 PM, Andy Durbin wrote:
> Browse for "Cinch Jones". Yes. That's always been their correct name. Because of their relatively large footprint as compared to modern connectors, they are used primarily on legacy equipment. I have several '70s and '80s vintage "brick" amps for 2M and 440 MHz that use them. 73, Jim K9YC ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html |
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The Nanokeyer is the creation of Oscar, DJ0MY. It's possible that the
RCA Phono connector is called a "Cinch" connector in EU or DL, but in the US [and I believe Canada], it is quite distinct from the "Cinch-Jones" connectors, which I find are still available from the several sources I checked. 73, Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW Sparks NV DM09dn Washoe County On 4/18/2019 1:08 PM, Gwen Patton wrote: > I just built a Nanokeyer last night, and the connections for keyer and PTT > are both RCA jacks. However, in the documentation, they are referred to as > "cinch connectors". When cataloging the parts prior to building, I had to > look in the construction pictures to verify what kind of connector was a > "cinch" connector. I was rather surprised to see that RCA connectors have a > different name now, but RCA hasn't been a thing for a long time now so I > guess it was inevitable, seeing as it is listed as having gone defunct in > 1986. > > The curious can find a short two minute video of my Nanokeyer's first > testing here: https://youtu.be/_LLVS_Pk8zE > The RCA jacks, referred to as "cinch connectors" in the documentation, are > along the leading edge of the device, on the right side. Technically, > though, that's the back edge. It's just in the foreground because the cable > on my Bencher is short. > > 73, > Gwen, NG3P > > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html |
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On 4/18/2019 1:23 PM, Jim Brown wrote:
> Yes. That's always been their correct name. Because of their relatively > large footprint as compared to modern connectors, they are used > primarily on legacy equipment. I have several '70s and '80s vintage > "brick" amps for 2M and 440 MHz that use them. I like them because I can get my arthritic hands around them and in the days when a soldering iron was not a "weapon of mass destruction" in my hands they were so easy to solder wires to.-- 73 de K2ASP - Phil Kane Elecraft K2/100 s/n 5402 From a Clearing in the Silicon Forest Beaverton (Washington County) Oregon ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html |
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I'm an old ham (60+ years as a ham):
Originally called RCA and Phono connectors (I still refer to them as that). Back of my K3 has a couple. My brand-new, cutting edge, made-for-ham radio, super, A/D convertor* has four of them to take two IQ baseband inputs from two SDR's to convert to digital via USB2 port on a computer. Its replacing my old M-Audio Delta44 soundcard (which had four 1/4-inch mono phone plug inputs). I bought four 3.5mm mini-phone plug to RCA/Phono male connector audio cables (6-foot) from Amazon to accommodate connecting the A/D to my two LP-Pan's which are connected to main and sub-Rx IF's of my K3. *UADC4 http://www.linkrf.ch/UADC4.html 73, Ed - KL7UW http://www.kl7uw.com Dubus-NA Business mail: [hidden email] ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html |
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From Wikipedia:
"An *RCA connector*, sometimes called a *phono connector* or (in other languages) *Cinch connector*, is a type of electrical connector commonly used to carry audio and video signals." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RCA_connector It was news to me that an RCA phono connector is also known as a "Cinch connector". I think you're right that it must be a name used in Europe. Alan N1AL On 4/18/19 1:30 PM, Fred Jensen wrote: > The Nanokeyer is the creation of Oscar, DJ0MY. It's possible that the > RCA Phono connector is called a "Cinch" connector in EU or DL, but in > the US [and I believe Canada], it is quite distinct from the > "Cinch-Jones" connectors, which I find are still available from the > several sources I checked. > > 73, > Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW > Sparks NV DM09dn > Washoe County > > On 4/18/2019 1:08 PM, Gwen Patton wrote: >> I just built a Nanokeyer last night, and the connections for keyer >> and PTT >> are both RCA jacks. However, in the documentation, they are referred >> to as >> "cinch connectors". When cataloging the parts prior to building, I >> had to >> look in the construction pictures to verify what kind of connector was a >> "cinch" connector. I was rather surprised to see that RCA connectors >> have a >> different name now, but RCA hasn't been a thing for a long time now so I >> guess it was inevitable, seeing as it is listed as having gone >> defunct in >> 1986. ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html |
Never were in UK to my knowledge, we always called them phono plugs and
sockets. Jones connectors were always the black cased multi pin connectors with rectangular blades, usually some at right angles to others. Think FT101 power connector. I think Cinch was a manufacturer of Jones connectors at one time. Cinch belongs to Belfuse now I think and they still make a lot of military grade connectors, not Jones connectors though I suspect. Here's an interesting history of the Jones connector found in a mail back in 2012 on the Gearslutz web board. https://www.gearslutz.com/board/geekslutz-forum/673980-cinch-jones-connector-whats-deal.html Martin, HS0ZED Hi. I'm not sure how i found this web site, but let me try to answer the question. My grandfather invented the first Jones Plug . I believe it was in the early 1930's. His name was Howard Bevan Jones. He also manufactured lots of different kinds of Jones plugs, with a company based in Chicago that bears his name. At the height of the company's existence, it had about 200 <https://www.gearslutz.com/board/gear.php?id=48746> employees. the early catalogs have LOTS of Jones Plugs. At some point, Howard B. Jones and Co. was bought by Cinch Manufacturing. For a number of years, the plugs were still called Jones Plugs, but later on they were sold as Cinch Jones Plugs. I , and others in my family, have old catalogs, photos of the whole group of company employees, and lots of other memorabilia. My uncle, Howard's son-in-law, tells tales of driving all over the Midwest to sell them. Very entertaining. this uncle died at age 100 a few years ago. I have tried in vain to find out a lot more. Cinch Mfg. was no help. Even the family was quiet about what actually transpired in the early days. Family lore has it that Howard also invented, and his company manufactured, a device in slot machines that allowed the owners of the machines ( casino owners, presumably) to adjust the odds of winning. You can extrapolate whatever conclusions you find interesting from this information. Howard also invented the child's toy called the Hootnanny. It was widely used, and is available from time to time on eBay <https://www.gearslutz.com/board/gear.php?t=eBay>. I could go on further, but perhaps this answers your question. I will be interested if any other comments arise. Michael Bevan Jones On 19/04/2019 08:23, Alan wrote: > From Wikipedia: > > "An *RCA connector*, sometimes called a *phono connector* or (in other > languages) *Cinch connector*, is a type of electrical connector > commonly used to carry audio and video signals." > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RCA_connector > > It was news to me that an RCA phono connector is also known as a > "Cinch connector". I think you're right that it must be a name used > in Europe. > > Alan N1AL > > > On 4/18/19 1:30 PM, Fred Jensen wrote: >> The Nanokeyer is the creation of Oscar, DJ0MY. It's possible that >> the RCA Phono connector is called a "Cinch" connector in EU or DL, >> but in the US [and I believe Canada], it is quite distinct from the >> "Cinch-Jones" connectors, which I find are still available from the >> several sources I checked. >> >> 73, >> Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW >> Sparks NV DM09dn >> Washoe County >> >> On 4/18/2019 1:08 PM, Gwen Patton wrote: >>> I just built a Nanokeyer last night, and the connections for keyer >>> and PTT >>> are both RCA jacks. However, in the documentation, they are referred >>> to as >>> "cinch connectors". When cataloging the parts prior to building, I >>> had to >>> look in the construction pictures to verify what kind of connector >>> was a >>> "cinch" connector. I was rather surprised to see that RCA connectors >>> have a >>> different name now, but RCA hasn't been a thing for a long time now >>> so I >>> guess it was inevitable, seeing as it is listed as having gone >>> defunct in >>> 1986. > ... > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[hidden email] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html |
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Because they are not locking and will separate if pulled, on more than
once occasion while I was snarfing around behind the desk and got my foot tangled up in all the "wireless" down there, I did not pull the TX off the desk. [:-) 73, Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW Sparks NV DM09dn Washoe County On 4/18/2019 2:28 PM, Phil Kane wrote: > I like them because I can get my arthritic hands around them and in > thedays when a soldering iron was not a "weapon of mass destruction" > in myhands they were so easy to solder wires to.-- > 73 de K2ASP - Phil Kane Elecraft K2/100 s/n 5402 > > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html |
If I remember rightly (and it's been a LONG time) there was an outer
shell pair made for at least some sizes which locked together external to the shell. Even without the lock, the multi-pin models (especially in the larger sizes) took some umph to get them apart. George, W3HBM Bar Harbor, ME On 4/19/2019 2:28 PM, Fred Jensen wrote: > [This message came from an external source. If suspicious, report to > [hidden email]<mailto:[hidden email]>] > > Because they are not locking and will separate if pulled, on more than > once occasion while I was snarfing around behind the desk and got my > foot tangled up in all the "wireless" down there, I did not pull the TX > off the desk. [:-) > > 73, > Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW > Sparks NV DM09dn > Washoe County > > On 4/18/2019 2:28 PM, Phil Kane wrote: >> I like them because I can get my arthritic hands around them and in >> thedays when a soldering iron was not a "weapon of mass destruction" >> in myhands they were so easy to solder wires to.-- >> 73 de K2ASP - Phil Kane Elecraft K2/100 s/n 5402 >> >> > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[hidden email] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html |
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There is an easy locking device that can be added to any Cinch-Jones
connector. The ones used on the older Yaesu radios had this device included. You would have to practically destroy the chassis to get them apart if you didn't squeeze it properly to dis-engage the lock. Much tighter and higher current rating than those Anderson power poles everyone seems to have fallen for. 73, Charlie k3ICH -----Original Message----- From: [hidden email] <[hidden email]> On Behalf Of Fred Jensen Sent: Friday, April 19, 2019 2:29 PM To: [hidden email] Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Cinch Jones Connectors Because they are not locking and will separate if pulled, on more than once occasion while I was snarfing around behind the desk and got my foot tangled up in all the "wireless" down there, I did not pull the TX off the desk. [:-) 73, Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW Sparks NV DM09dn Washoe County On 4/18/2019 2:28 PM, Phil Kane wrote: > I like them because I can get my arthritic hands around them and in > thedays when a soldering iron was not a "weapon of mass destruction" > in myhands they were so easy to solder wires to.-- > 73 de K2ASP - Phil Kane Elecraft K2/100 s/n 5402 > > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html |
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You remember correctly. And they can require a tussle to separate on the bigger
sizes. Wes N7WS On 4/19/2019 1:13 PM, Kidder, George wrote: > If I remember rightly (and it's been a LONG time) there was an outer > shell pair made for at least some sizes which locked together external > to the shell. Even without the lock, the multi-pin models (especially > in the larger sizes) took some umph to get them apart. > > George, W3HBM > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html |
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In the interest of reliving email overload for others, let's wind this OT thread
down now as its past 11 posts. In general, please self moderate when getting up past 5 to 6 posts on OT discussions. 73, Eric Moderator, I think.. ;-) /elecraft.com/ On 4/19/2019 2:24 PM, Charlie T wrote: > There is an easy locking device that can be added to any Cinch-Jones > connector. > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html |
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