On Friday, May 16, 2014 5:11:03 PM UTC-5, Papa3 wrote:
Wondering if anyone else has dealt with this recently (trying to save an hour of Googling). My new ASG-29 shipped from the factory with a built in Transponder Antenna. Schleicher was on the ball, and used a low-loss 7mm Aircell coaxial cable. It comes un-terminated. The transponder requires a TNC connector, and one they supplied will not fit over the larger diameter cable. So, I'm in the market for a TNC connector that will work with the 7mm Aircell cable, sourced in the US. Barring that, I can make up an adapter that goes BNC to BNC to TNC. A good friend has the appropriate BNC bits, but they're not readily available. Was hoping to do this middle of next week.
So, any of you radio guys have the part numbers and sources for the above?
Thanks in advance,
P3
I just went through this and solved the problem. These connectors are not now available in the US, and our glider supply stores don't have them.
This is the object you want
http://ssb.de/ssb/files/7396_tnc-con..._aircell_7.pdf
I got them from the manufacturer,
SSB-Electronic GmbH
Ostenfeldmark 21, 59557 Lippstadt, Germany
Fon: +49 2941-93385-0; Fax:-120
eMail:
; www.ssb.de
However, they only sell a minimum of 8 at a time. And charge an arm and a leg for Fedex. (Because you didn't figure out this problem until the glider is in pieces....) So as it turns out I have 7 very expensive aircell 7 connectors, very lonely looking for an aircell 7 cable. email me and I'll send you one.
In the future, a US company called vibroplex will have them, but don't seem to have them yet.
European glider websites sell them. If you google aircell 7 cable and 7396 TNC connector a few will show up. glider-equipment.nl corresponded with me, but I needed fedex which they couldn't do.