<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1554878919464_9291"><span><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1554878919464_9291" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1554878919464_9290">I think he's trying to conform to a PSUBS design guideline for a universal comms connector, ie OTS, and finding that the part we spec'd out is difficult to get.</span></div><div class="qtdSeparateBR" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1554878919464_9289"><br><br></div><div class="yahoo_quoted" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1554878919464_9182" style="display: block;">  <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1554878919464_9181"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1554878919464_9180"> <div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1554878919464_9179"> <font size="2" face="Arial" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1554878919464_9178"> <hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> hank pronk via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles@psubs.org><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Brian Hughes via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles@psubs.org> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, April 9, 2019 8:11 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] SubConn BH4F and IL4M Connectors<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1554878919464_9183"><br><div id="yiv5683523097"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1554878919464_9212"><div class="yiv5683523097ydpd9f7e902yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1554878919464_9211"><div></div>
        <div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1554878919464_9210">Brian, </div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1554878919464_9222">Do you need connectors or penetrators?  I make all my own penetrators.  </div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1554878919464_9397">Hank</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1554878919464_9398"><br clear="none"></div>
        
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                    On Tuesday, April 9, 2019, 3:03:52 PM MDT, Brian Hughes via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles@psubs.org> wrote:
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                <div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1554878919464_9403"><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1554878919464_9402">  Contacted their offices in California and Massachusetts: no joy - 12 <br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr">weeks at the soonest. If that.  Fellow in California remarked that two <br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1554878919464_9404">of the largest connector companies imploded in the last couple of months <br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1554878919464_9405">and connectors are really hard to find and they have a list of <br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr">back-orders.  And here I decided to join the cool kids club and make <br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1554878919464_9406">Harold PSubs compliant.<br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1554878919464_9407"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr">So ...  I'm open to other alternatives.  Don't hate me PSubs ....<br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1554878919464_9408"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr">Brian<br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1554878919464_9409"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1554878919464_9410">_______________________________________________<br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1554878919464_9411">Personal_Submersibles mailing list<br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1554878919464_9412"><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org" target="_blank" href="mailto:Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org">Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org</a><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1554878919464_9414"><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://www.psubs.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/personal_submersibles" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1554878919464_9413">http://www.psubs.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/personal_submersibles</a><br clear="none"></div></div>
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