On Mon, 14 Mar 2005 07:02:18 +0100, "Meindert Sprang" wrote:

"Larry W4CSC" wrote in message
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"Meindert Sprang" wrote in
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So if everyone adhered to the standard, connecting NMEA would
have been as easy as connecting a ligthbulb.....

Meindert


An all multiplexers should use STANDARDIZED SHIELDED CONNECTORS, not some
open screw terminals just waiting for something to touch
them.......grrrr.....(c;

Yeah Yeah.....

When you are installing this stuff for living, you very soon learn to
appreciate the absence of fixed connectors on cables..... or do you want to
make all holes in bulkeads bug enough for all connectors to push
through..... just once.....

Meindert


Am I over looking something? Can't the cable be routed,
then the connectors installed? Might make a neater
installation, avoiding coils of excess cable....or cables
which might be too short.
Norm B