[1000mp] Heads up re RXANT IN

[Garry Shapiro]

This is to warn all that some MPs' rear panel RCA jacks may be brittle.

The jacks are not fastened to the rear panel but to PC boards. On my 1998
MP, inserting a tight plug, connected to an F-to-RCA adaptor eventually
broke loose the soldered joints on the RXANT IN jack. This required removing
the RF board, as one needs to do to install the INRAD click mod. I found the
failed solder joints to be gray and grainy, and similar on the adjoining
jacks.

If you are contemplating the click mod, DO IT--and resolder the jacks, while
you are at it.

Garry, NI6T

CU in the California QSO Party (CQP), Oct 7-8, www.cqp.org