[Boatanchors] ART-13 Dyno problems

[Glen Zook]

Using a reamer will usually only make things worse! 
Use an Xacto knife with a #11 blade (this is the blade
that all of the regular Xacto knives come with) and
insert the tip of the blade between the insulator and
the actual contact.  This will usually tighten the
female connector enough to make contact.

With the old Jones Plugs twisting the blades of the
male connectors about 15 or 20 degrees takes care of
problems with loose female contacts.  This is an "olde
tyme" trick that two-way radio technicians used with
the old Motorola and General Electric radios that used
these types of connectors.

Glen, K9STH


--- hoopmonk at snet.net wrote:

>  I have made up a set of cables for connecting a
> DY/11 to my ART-13 with new connectors on the
> cables. After getting no response from the TX and
> after doing some checking I discovered that if I put
> some sideways pressure on the U-9/U I am able to get
> the autotune to work and also spin up the dyno with
> the PPT on the T-17 mike, however only if I continue
> with the pressure on the connector. As the pins on
> the U9/U are new it is logical to believe the
> problem in in the female connector on the dyno.
> There are  8 -.062 Dia. pins and 2- .093 Dia. pins
> on the U-9/U. I decided to try a corresponding
> reamer in the holes thinking that there might be 50
> years of grime in the holes. It had no effect on my
> problem. Looking in at the holes with a glass it
> appears as though they are not a solid Dia. but
> appear to be an eyelet type of stamping with at
> least one slot on the Dia. Hard to see because of
> the small Dia. I thought that a small wire brush 
> that could be run in the holes would clean things up
> better than the reamers but I doubt that anyone
> makes anything that small. Has anyone had this
> problem or any ideas on a fix?









Glen, K9STH

Website:  http://k9sth.com


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