Strange Issue With My Yaesu 857D

[N1API]

This morning I managed to order a couple of new mic cords from Yaesu Parts Department, they should be here by the end of the week.

But I also got out the soldering tools and decided to take a shot at doing a repair on this one. After stripping down and tinning the wires the next task was to clean the old wires off the connector pins and get new tin on them. They are concave so if you fill them with tin then you should be able to heat the pins and lay the wire in there to cool off.

The hardest one was the center pin which also is the microphone "hot" wire. I bent one outside pin slightly and (with shaky hands) managed to get the center pin done. Then the rest the 'ol hands are not as steady as they used to be when trying to do delicate work! But I did manage to get a decent repair done, checked the audio out on County Hunter and they said it sounds fine, no humming or breaking up.

So now I have a "good spare" and two new ones on the way, good thing to have anyway just in case.

So "case closed" as they say.

Al - N1API