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

[Rod Elliott]

Hello John...

I had this happen on my original MP. I don't have the rig here, so I can't 
give you an exact location, but it was one of three spring fingers that 
bond various shield cans and plates on the RF and Regulator units to the 
bottom cover.

These locations are:
1. Band pass filter shield on the RF unit
2. Shield around the 1st local amp on the RF unit, adjacent to the above, and
3. Shield plate on the Regulator unit adjacent to the two shields above.

I simply re-soldered mine to it's shield, and it's been fine since. (Used a 
100 watt gun because the shields are good heat sinks. I think one of the 
reasons they fall off is because they are easy to cold-solder.)

I've always been amazed that mine didn't short something and blow up the rig.

Hope this helps.

73
Rod Elliott VE3UW


At 16:54 05/19/05, you wrote:
>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!
>
>73,
>
>John, K9MM
>
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