Hi all,
Pleas disreguard the last email the one before this one.
I replyed to the wrong email.
Thanks 73 Matt ka0pqw
On 7/14/2014 5:29 PM, Matt Arthur wrote:
> Hi all,
> If no one elce wants to fill in for Riley i can keep something going.
> However if some one would like to fill in that would be great.
> Thanks Matt
> On 7/14/2014 3:11 PM, Colin McDonald wrote:
>> 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
>> --------------------------------------------------
>> 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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