[ICOM] Icom W-32A BNC connector design flaw

[Steve Lewis N8TFD]

I seem to have encountered a fairly common IC W-32A flaw...the "ground" 
connection from the outside of the BNC connector to the PC board has about a 
millimeter gap in it...probably from the connector moving around too much.

It's not worth sending the radio back since it's over 7 years old (bought it 
when W-32A was the "new" thing.)

So I'm pondering having a local tech or two look it over -- and pondering 
whether or not to buy a new one.

Has Icom "hardened" the BNC connections (ground and center) since the early days?

-73- de N8TFD/Steve