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N8YX
10-25-2010, 07:37 PM
And win a prize. Or something.

It's used by Yaesu for peripheral connections to the FTM-10SR. I need a couple (both sexes; free-hanging type) to fabricate an extension for their control-head cable.

http://www.hamradio.com/images_manuf/H0-009112C.jpg

7-pin (not a mini-DIN) and threaded lock ring.
K7SGJ
10-25-2010, 07:41 PM
Easy. That's a "they've got you by the balls only available through yaesu" connector.
K7SGJ
10-25-2010, 07:41 PM
Easy. That's a "they've got you by the balls only available through yaesu" connector.
KG4CGC
10-25-2010, 07:43 PM
Easy. That's a "they've got you by the balls only available through yaesu" connector.
I'll just tell myself to make that a triple.
K7SGJ
10-25-2010, 09:36 PM
Is there an echo in here?
NQ6U
10-25-2010, 09:51 PM
Is there an echo in here?

Echo Echo Echo Echo Echo Echo Echo
W4RLR
10-25-2010, 10:18 PM
It looks like a connector for the cable between a video cable and a portable U-Matic videocassette recorder. But I'm dating myself. That's the rig I used when I first started doing electronic journalism for the Air Force.

I don't think it's as unobtainium as you might think, but might require a thorough Google search. Maybe it's here in this part of the catalog (http://www.tycoelectronics.com/catalog/feat/en/c/10574?BML=10576,17560,23645,17579,17764).
ki4itv
10-25-2010, 11:02 PM
Not sure what to call yours. Hell, I didn't even know what to call the ones I had to find for some new (to me) PA equipment.
Seems like these locking connectors are all the rage everywhere.
This is the new fancy smancy replacement for the 1/4" phone plugs that served us so well for so long.
Don't ever remember having a plug just fall out of where I put it. :dunno:


http://img149.imageshack.us/img149/3392/damnecter.jpg
KA5PIU
10-25-2010, 11:12 PM
Hello.

Type K 7 pin microphone connector.
This is a waterproof connector intended for the marine industry.
N8YX
10-26-2010, 06:44 AM
Hello.

Type K 7 pin microphone connector.
This is a waterproof connector intended for the marine industry.
Got a manufacturer or other info?
N8YX
10-26-2010, 07:03 AM
It's not a Tyco, a Cannon or a Hirose. Or an EX-PRO.
kf0rt
10-26-2010, 07:21 AM
Not finding it here, but it's the same connector the VX-8R uses for an external mic, if that broadens the search any.
N8YX
10-26-2010, 07:24 AM
Not finding it here, but it's the same connector the VX-8R uses for an external mic, if that broadens the search any.
Yes indeed. That cable is marketed for use with both the -10SR and the VX8.

I fired off an e-mail to Yaesu's customer support last evening. Not holding my breath but it sure would be nice to source a few of those.
kf0rt
10-26-2010, 07:27 AM
Check out "PY04":

http://www.2-wayradioaccessories.com/Connector-list-for-corresponding-two-way-radios-637.htm

ETA: Of course, "Cindy" lives in Guangdong
N8YX
10-26-2010, 07:57 AM
Check out "PY04":

http://www.2-wayradioaccessories.com/Connector-list-for-corresponding-two-way-radios-637.htm

ETA: Of course, "Cindy" lives in Guangdong
That narrows it a bit - I doubt the connector is of Japanese or U.S. manufacture.
KA5PIU
11-01-2010, 03:42 PM
Hello.

I took a marine mic and plugged it into a VX-8R and it will mate but the connections are wrong.
This is where I got the designation information from, a remarketed marine radio, no further information.
KA5PIU
11-02-2010, 06:15 PM
Hello.

Japanese Defense Forces radio connector.
Pre-molded mic connector is around $35 US.
The Yaesu cable is about the same price.
That microphone I was playing with is around $120 to $130.
Amateur may not be built to the same standards as military but it is also a whole lot cheaper!