Re: Need mating connector for Kenwood PS-30 power supply
I agree with Bill.
Crimped connections can last much longer. Solder joints tend to concentrate flexing in a very small area. Don't use solder where any flexing is at all is expected. Use the proper
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Bob Fleming
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Re: Need mating connector for Kenwood PS-30 power supply
Using solder for any wire that flexes frequently is not a good idea.? The solder will make the wire brittle and it will break over time.? Proper crimping is much better and is the professional
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Bill Mader, K8TE
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Need interface cable or instructions on building one
I have a Kenwood TS-590sg and recently acquired a Dentron GLA-1000 amp.? Needing to interface these two devices. So.. if someone has a cable that would work.. or a connection diagram I could use to
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Wayne Carpenter KN2Z @minicowman
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Re: [Amateur-repairs] Need mating connector for Kenwood PS-30 power supply
Looks like the right one to me. Make sure you put the proper pins into the
housing. The pins themselves are male and female.
The pins on the radio side are the male pins. The pins on the power
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Bob
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Re: [Amateur-repairs] Need mating connector for Kenwood PS-30 power supply
Thanks everyone for the replies. (I posted in a few groups so you may not have
seen any discussion.)
I asked the seller for more information on the eBay item and after getting his
reply, I ordered
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Donald Hellen
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Re: Need mating connector for Kenwood PS-30 power supply
HI Donald,
If you're not going to use it with an original radio directly, why don't you
cut it off and put the Anderson Powerpole directly onto the lead out of the
power supply. You could chop it off
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Eric van de Weyer
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Re: [Amateur-repairs] Need mating connector for Kenwood PS-30 power supply
I think I got a hit:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/153908375430
Look at the 2nd picture down, which is from the connector to connector side. The
third picture is where the wires go into the pin from the
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Donald Hellen
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Re: Need mating connector for Kenwood PS-30 power supply
I think I located one on Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/Molex-3-Complete-Set-Connector/dp/B075R4RWV7
that looks to me like the same one in your picture.
--see attached, your picture, and the
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Donald Hellen
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Re: Need mating connector for Kenwood PS-30 power supply
Bob . . .
Thanks. That tells me I can search for Icom in my search for a 6-pin Molex
connector (it does appear to be a Molex used on the older Icoms, not the newer
4-pin type they have on the 7300
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Donald Hellen
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Re: Need mating connector for Kenwood PS-30 power supply
I've had three Kenwoods and two Icoms that all used the same connector.
Here's the back of an Icom...
[image: image.png]
wrote:
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Bob
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Re: Need mating connector for Kenwood PS-30 power supply
Just to be sure we're all on the same page here, this is not the connector that
is on the end of the power cable from the power supply. It is the one that would
be in the back of the radio. I plan to
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Donald Hellen
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Re: Need mating connector for Kenwood PS-30 power supply
Bob . . .
I do not have a Kenwood radio. This will be used for Icom and possibly other
brands but right now, no Kenwood radio. As far as I can tell, the one I linked
to on Amazon matches the photo I
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Donald Hellen
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Re: Need mating connector for Kenwood PS-30 power supply
Look at the picture and the back of your radio closely. Make sure the "half
moons" are properly located. In case you're not familiar, two pins are pos
and two pins are neg.
Bob W4JFA
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Bob
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Re: Need mating connector for Kenwood PS-30 power supply
I may have found one for less, a pair of matching ones but it looks like it has
the correct female. Can someone verify this is the matching
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Donald Hellen
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Need mating connector for Kenwood PS-30 power supply
See attached photo.
This is for anyone who is good at looking up connectors out of the many
available.
I bought a Kenwood PS-30 power supply today at a hamfest and want to find the
matching
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Donald Hellen
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Re: Kenwood RTX Service Manual
Thanks for your remarks. Indeed, we should share our knowledge and resources, for the good of the amateur community.
God Bless
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Observer
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Re: Kenwood RTX Service Manual
Will do. You can help others too, by sharing it .
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Observer
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Re: Kenwood RTX Service Manual
Here are some updates , including some missing pages.
https://www.jvgavila.com/man_ham/rtx/rtx_manual.htm
enjoy
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Observer
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Re: Kenwood RTX Service Manual
Some of the things in this apply to other brands of vintage radios, too. Maybe
post it to the vintage amateur radio restoration group as well?
Donald
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Donald Hellen
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Kenwood RTX Service Manual
This service manual by Kenwood shows typical faults and servicing aid to many vintage rigs. It was downloaded from Kenwood Italy. No longer available on their website.
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Observer
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