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

[redwolf at wt.net]

Hi Steve,

I have had my W32A for a number of years and did experience the same problem.
had it fix by the local Icom service rep.  Was a quick fix and only cost $20
for the job and he said it should not give me any more problems.  My W32A is 
in operations 6 to 7 hours a day and every day.  It is too good a rig to throw 
it in.


73 & God Bless America and our Troops
Don  W5PXO  /  AFA4DS

Quoting Steve Lewis N8TFD <n8tfd at one.net>:

> 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
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