[ICOM] Loose parts

[MikeR]

Hi Mac -
I have to say I haven't had a good experience with ICOM. This was a rig 
they had in the shop for an eternity not too long ago. Guess a phone 
call wouldn't hurt though.....
73,
Mike NF4L

David S. McCallum wrote:
> Have contacted ICOM about it?. Who knows they might have an answer for
> ya, Mac
> 
> On Wed, 02 Feb 2005 13:57:40 -0500 MikeR <nf4l at nf4l.com> writes:
> 
>>Hi Woody -
>>I think you're right. At a closer examination, it looks like the 
>>bright 
>>plating on the spring peeled. Wonder if there's anytning under or 
>>attached to the square "can" that would be damaged by the heat of 
>>soldering? I don't see an easy way to remove it, short of taking out 
>>the 
>>board (shudder) it's mounted on. Still speculating on it's 
>>importance.
>>Thanks,
>>Mike
>>Woody wrote:
>>
>>>Hi Mike:
>>>
>>>The spring should be soldered to the metal shield shown in your 
>>
>>photo.  The brown "stuff" is most likely solder flux instead of 
>>glue.
>>
>>>73,
>>>
>>>Woody
>>>KJ4SO
>>>  ----- Original Message ----- 
>>>  From: MikeR 
>>>  To: ICOM Reflector 
>>>  Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2005 1:07 PM
>>>  Subject: [ICOM] Loose parts
>>>
>>>
>>>  I picked up the PRO II to do some cleaning. When I let it go 
>>
>>vertical, I 
>>
>>>  heard something loose in the case. I took the bottom cover off, 
>>
>>and 
>>
>>>  discovered a spring loose. It appears to have been cemented to 
>>
>>another 
>>
>>>  component, and used as a ground contact against the bottom 
>>
>>cover.
>>
>>>  Pix at http://nf4l.com/pro_ii.htm
>>>  How important is this piece, and how best to re-attach it?
>>>  Thanx!
>>>  Mike NF4L
>>>
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