[1000mp] Part found loose inside my Mk. V

[Hans Remeeus]

Hello John,

I found exactly the same part somewhere inside the Mark-V a while ago!

Probably not very good mounted...


73,
Hans Remeeus (PA1HR)
http://www.remeeus.nl
Communication is about people, the rest is technology.


---- Original Message ----
From: "John Becker" <johnb3030 at comcast.net>
To: <1000mp at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2005 6:54 PM
Subject: [1000mp] Part found loose inside my Mk. V

> I recently had my Mk. V open to perform the various mods. The only
> other time I have had the radio open was to install filters. I found
> what appears to be a spring contact for a shield or cover. It was
> loose, but was wedged between a couple of metal parts on the far
> right side of the radio just behind the front panel. It is brass
> colored and measures 12mm x 4mm. There is about a 30 degree bend at
> one end, and also solder at that end. Apparently it was soldered to
> something in the radio and somehow broke loose. I looked for a place
> where it could have come from, but didn't see anything. I didn't want
> to disassemble the radio any more than was already necessary for the
> mods, and I suppose it is even possible that this is a foreign object
> that got into my radio in the factory. Does anyone recall seeing a
> part like this somewhere in their Mk. V? Thanks!
>