[Alexandria Radio Club Reflector] Japanese radios

[Mark Bonanno]

I had no idea.

https://wrenchandspanner.wordpress.com/2014/12/17/jis-vs-phillips/

Mark Bonanno
571.303.9647
KM4GML

Sometimes the appropriate response to reality is to go insane.
  - Philip K. Dick


On Mon, Apr 20, 2020 at 3:39 PM Ian <iann8ik at gmail.com> wrote:

> If you have a Japanese radio, e.g., Yaesu, Kenwood, Icom, the machine
> screws that hold the covers on are not #1 Phillips, they are JIS.  There is
> a difference between them and a Phillips screwdriver will strip the head of
> a JIS screw if the screw is torqued down.  You can tell if a screw is JIS
> by looking at the head - there's a tiny dot between two of the slots on a
> JIS screw.  This also applies to Japanese cars and motorcycles if you like
> doing your own maintenance.
>
> 73, Ian N8IK
> ______________________________________________________________
> AlexandriaRadioClub mailing list
> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/alexandriaradioclub
> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm
> Post: mailto:AlexandriaRadioClub at mailman.qth.net
>
> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net
> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
>