[Boatanchors] power plug problem

[manualman@juno.com]

Have you tried a thin coating of solder on the 4 corner pins. Unless you
insert and remove it often, the coating of solder shouldn't scrape away
anytime soon.
Pete, wa2cwa

On Mon, 22 Sep 2003 15:05:42 -0400 "R.J. Keller" <rkeller@ij.net> writes:
> Ok people, I need to get some ideeas. My power plug on the Drake 
> TR4C
> (called a "Jones plug" I think?) used to be just fine until I 
> decided
> to clean all the contacts with Deoxit and now the darn thing won't
> quit falling out of the rig. I worked my brain almost to death but
> cannot come up with a solution. I am afraid to give a twist with 
> the
> needle nose on each contact for fear of breaking off one or more (a
> trick I have used all my life on AC plugs).
> HELP! (nobody answered my post on Drake)
> 73, Dick KF4NS
> St. Petersburg, FL 33714 USA
> Keep the glow!

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