[1000mp] ext spkr jack and 1000mp original

[Garry Shapiro]

The rear panel jacks on the radio are generally soldered to their PC
boards--not affixed to the panel. I notice that several jacks, including the
speaker jack you mention, appear to have little collars around them; these
do not appear to be threaded and may be part if those jacks--but I could be
wrong.

Jacks only held in place with a few soldered thru-holes are susceptible to
having the solder broken by inadvertent non-axial movement of the jack. This
is particularly likely if using adaptors that create a lever arm against the
jack. I had this happen with the RXIN jack, which is one of the RCA jacks. I
had used an F-to-RCA adaptor.

If this is what happened to you, you might be able to discern some movement
of the jack--it should be immobile if OK. If so, the fix requires removing
the board and resoldering the jack.

Worth investigating, at any rate.

Garry, NI6T

-----Original Message-----
From: 1000mp-bounces at mailman.qth.net
[mailto:1000mp-bounces at mailman.qth.net]On Behalf Of Ted Boerkamp
Sent: Friday, October 13, 2006 6:28 PM
To: 1000mp Reflector
Subject: [1000mp] ext spkr jack and 1000mp original


Hello one and all...
			 Just wondered if anyone has experienced
intermittent connections when plugging in an external speaker to the
1000mp???
I thought my soldering skills had decayed badly because I had soldered a
new plug onto the external speaker leads, but when I plug it into the
radio the audio is non existent until I wiggle the plug. This happened
a few times until I realized that maybe I have a cold solder joint or
a broken connection on the jack itself. Anybody experience this? and
is it easy to repair??
Let me know
Thanks

Ted VE3SS

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