Jim, do you have Fry's electronics where you are? If rad shack doesn't have
RJ12, maybe Fry's does! Doug, N6NFF
-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Gammon
Sent: Monday, July 14, 2014 1:46 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Speaker problem with TS-480
Colin, you are right, I am missing a couple of wires, but, they aren't in
the cable, they are in my brain! Hmmh, I think I will go get wired! Will
check to see if the Rat shack has RJ12 cables, but I bet they will say they
never heard of them. Man, it's pretty hot here around 100 Deg's F. Not
much going on HF at present. Best 73, Jim WA6EKS
-----Original Message-----
From: Colin McDonald
Sent: Monday, July 14, 2014 1:11 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Speaker problem with TS-480
I thought RJ12 was the same size as rj11, but with 6 contacts instead of
four?
And Jim, it sounds to me like you are missing two wires in that cable...the
RJ11 phone cable you are using probably only has four conducters like most
phone extension cables.
Lucky for you, those are the two needed for audio output and not something
else more vital to the radios operation.
RJ45 has 8 conducters, RJ12 has 6 I think and RJ11, standard telephone has
4, two twisted pairs.
73
Colin, V A6BKX
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From: "Jim Gammon" <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, July 14, 2014 11:03 AM
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: Speaker problem with TS-480
> 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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