It doesn't matter, by the time I can afford another radio there won't be any 
TS-480's left alive in the world.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Gammon" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, July 14, 2014 5:35 PM
Subject: Re: Speaker problem with TS-480


> John, that's not much of a reason for rejecting the entire rig.  Yah I 
> know
> those connectors are very dumb to use and wouldn't be my choice but the 
> rig
> is great!  Jim WA6EKS
>
>
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: John Miller
> Sent: Monday, July 14, 2014 2:06 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Speaker problem with TS-480
>
> The RJ-12 is slightly bigger than the 11, not much but slightly. I can't 
> say
> anything for the 480 as I don't have one and that's one of the reasons I
> don't want one.
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Colin McDonald" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Monday, July 14, 2014 4:11 PM
> 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
>> --------------------------------------------------
>> 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
>>>>
>>>>