Buddy:

Yeah, that surprises me to, but I have heard similar stories from others.

This is why I never put one of those larger rubber ducks on the connector.
And, when I use my discone antenna up in my attic, I feed it with RG58 coax,
and try to be sure there's plenty of slack so there's not too much tention
on the SMA/BNC adapter to strain that antenna connection.

How long had you been using the rig before this happened?

Hope you get the rig back soon.

Best 73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
----- Original Message -----
From: "Buddy Brannan" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, July 14, 2004 1:08 PM
Subject: TH-F6A go bye-bye


> Hi y'all,
>
> (First off, I haven't forgotten about you Butch, I just need to find
> all the stuff I promised to send.)
>
> Well...my TH-F6A is off for warranty repair.
>
> The SMA connector decided to go on it.
>
> Occasionally, the extended flexible antenna on it would loosen a
> little, and it was nothing to tighten it back down again. Well...one
> time, the connector went with the antenna, so that the bit that the
> antenna screws into snapped and stayed in the antenna, and the center
> part stayed in the radio. Needless to say, I felt the antenna
> connector failed somewhat prematurely. I was able to unscrew the
> broken part of the SMA from the connector, and it all went to Kenwood
> Service Center in Virginia. Hopefully I'll see it back again soon!
>
> Needless to say, I was a little surprised that this happened...
> --
> Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV
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