[Kenwood] TS-480 External Speaker Jack

[Steve H]

I searched for ELL-0414-05 and there was an ebay listing that expired shows 
a pic.
Looks like a right angle pcb mount type.

Found this page that shows a 3502 type, that may work (MJ-3502N)
https://www.cuidevices.com/3.5-mm-audio-jacks

Looks like a US supplier too.

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Steve Hearns [ KA2PTE ]


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Harrison" <k0xp at k0xp.com>
To: <kenwood at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Friday, April 01, 2022 1:25 PM
Subject: Re: [Kenwood] TS-480 External Speaker Jack


>
> On 4/1/2022 4:27 AM, Rick Markey, KN3C wrote:
>> The external speaker jack on my TS-480 has finally failed. The p/n is 
>> E11-0414-05 which is no longer available from Pacparts or East Coast 
>> transistor. It appears that this jack is used on several Kenwood radios.
>>
>> Just curious if anyone has found an after market replacement?
>
> I wonder whether the one in that TS-120S that was mentioned the other day 
> can be adapted (from K6FWT, IIRC)??
>
> Alternatively, you might be able to reroute the speaker output through one 
> of the DIN jacks to access speaker output (if it isn't, already). Or 
> assuming that the jack that failed is the one on the rear panel, simply 
> rewire the front panel headphone jack as a speaker jack. I do that with 
> almost all the Kenwood and Yahoo radios that I have, anyway, since the 
> reduced headphone output level from the stock front panel jack is usually 
> otherwise useless to me.
>
> SteveH, K0XP
>
>
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