Yes Butch, seems like that's right about RJ12. Never heard of
that size before today. Jim WA6EKS
> ----- Original Message -----
>From: Butch Bussen <[log in to unmask]
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Date sent: Mon, 14 Jul 2014 16:05:02 -0700
>Subject: Re: Speaker problem with TS-480
>I'd guess it is an rj 12, six wire, looks like and same size as
rj11,
>much smaller than a 45. HTH.
>73
>Butch
>WA0VJR
>Node 3148
>Wallace, ks.
>On Mon, 14 Jul 2014, Jim Gammon wrote:
>> Butch, according to a ham friend of mine who came over to
replace the RJ45
>> on the connector, when he looked at it he said, oh this is not
RJ45, but a
>> regular RJ11 like on a regular telephone module plug. He didn't
have that
>> connector with him, only the RJ45 so I tried a standard phone
cord and
>> that's when I got no activity from the internal speaker. I also
found one
>> of those really short six inch cords that you get with answering
machines
>> and also has RJ11 connectors on it. That didn't work at all
because it must
>> only have two wires working in it. I think if I can get a
friend to come
>> over with his 480 control head and cable I can at least figure
out if the
>> cable I have is the problem or if it's something else. 73, Jim
WA6EKS.
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Butch Bussen
>> Sent: Monday, July 14, 2014 6:00 AM
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Re: Speaker problem with TS-480
>> I am not sure if it an rj 11, Kenwood used some 6 wire stuff on
some of
>> their stuff, I don't know the connector number though. I don't
know
>> what the 480 uses. I hate those little tabs, easily broken.
>> 73
>> Butch
>> WA0VJR
>> Node 3148
>> Wallace, ks.
>> On Sun, 13
>> Jul 2014, Jim Gammon wrote:
>>> For those who have Kenwood Ts-480 rigs, I was doing some
>>> rearranging in the shack and had everything unplugged. When I
>>> hooked up my 480, I found that the little tab on the wire going
>>> between the main body and the control head had broken off. So,
I
>>> found another RJ 11 phone wire and re-connected it. Everything
>>> works fine but the little crappy speaker in the control head
>>> doesn't function nor do headphones plugged into the connector
>>> right by the plug on the control head that goes to the rig.
>>> Wondering if anyone here has experienced that issue. The only
>>> speaker that works which is the one I normally use anyway, is
>>> plugged into the external speaker plug on the main body of the
>>> rig. Jim WA6EKS
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