On (28 May 96) Les Wilson wrote to All...
 LW> Is there something out there that will allow me to replace the BNC
 LW> connector on the body of my ICOM handheld radio with a screw-thread
 LW> receptical.  I am getting tired of replacing BNC connectors,
 LW> resoldering them, etc...  I am pretty much looking for something that
 LW> is like many of the better commercial radios out there today
 LW> (Motorola, GE, etc...) that uses a screw-thread connector to the
 LW> antenna instead of the BNC connector.
 LW> Any help, ideas, or suggestions would be great!  Thanks!
STOP trying to bounce the radio off of concrete!
More seriously, *probably* the reason you are having this trouble is
because you are using something other than the rubber duck that came
with the radio. Use of a longer antenna (or a coax connection going to
an antenna) puts a *lot* of stress on that connector and causes the
connector and solder break down you are experiencing.
If you *must* use a long or coax fed antenna, get a speaker mike so you
don't have to *move* the radio every time you want to start talking.
Fasten the radio down with something (a bungee cord, for example) so it
will not move at all. Then pick up the the microphone instead of the
whole radio (and wear out the mike/speaker connection!).
... You can't stop an earthquake, shift happens.
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