Re: [amsat-bb] "N" Connector Question

["James C. Mankin" <n5x@xxxxxxx>]

They are safety wire holes.   See for example:
http://catalog.tycoelectronics.com/TE/docs/pdf/1/48/209841.pdf
Presumably used in military applications to make sure the connectors
dont unscrew themselves and fall off....


Jim KB3KJ

n5x@psu.edu
-----Original Message-----
From: Bob Bruninga <bruninga@usna.edu>
To: amsat-bb@AMSAT.Org <amsat-bb@AMSAT.Org>
Date: Monday, September 24, 2001 9:45 AM
Subject: [amsat-bb] "N" Connector Question


>OK, I give up.  what are those little pin holes around the outer lip of a
>quality "N"  connector?  THey are at 45 degrees and truely pin size.
>
>Been curious for years...
>
>Bob
>
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