[time-nuts] Rubidium Connector

[Lux, Jim (337C)]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: time-nuts-bounces at febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-bounces at febo.com] On Behalf Of Eric Garner
> Sent: Friday, January 22, 2010 9:35 AM
> To: Richard W. Solomon; Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement
> Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Rubidium Connector
> 
> i think it's this:
> 
> http://search.digikey.com/scripts/DkSearch/dksus.dll?Detail&name=A34507-ND
> 
> On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 9:22 AM, Richard W. Solomon <w1ksz at earthlink.net> wrote:
> > Fluke1 has an interesting Rb for sale. It has
> > what looks like a variation of a DB-15 connector,
> > except the center is a push-on coax connector.
> >
> > Anyone know where one would find this connector ?
> > He doesn't have any.
> >
> > Thanks, Dick, W1KSZ
> >


Yes, that's probably it. Don't forget you need to order the inserts too. That coax insert is going to set you back $25-35 depending on what kind of coax and whether you need M or F. (and yow, pray you aren't using RG-142).  AND, I haven't looked to see whether the coax insert can be assembled without the fancy tool and dies. 

Might be worth finding a company that does cables and having them make it for you? They'll have the tooling.

One wonders about a $100 connector on a $100 surplus Rb, too...   Maybe soldering wires to the pins of the connector might be a more "quick and dirty surplus" approach.

(Says the man who has more than once got a "great deal" on some piece of gear and then spent 3 times as much to try and hook it up, because it uses some funky connector that was cheap in comparison to the original $10,000 cost, but is pretty high compared to the $50 surplus I paid)
Jim