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