Buy the new adapter that turns the bird connector into a BNC then just use a BNC cable, wont have any future problems with the crappy spring. 73 Merv K9FD/KH6 > Ken, > > My bird has been acting as you described. I will check it out. > I guess the remedy is to clean the spring coils ? > Thanks for the info ? > > 73, > Bob > K6UJ > > > >