[OZAPRS] JVC/KENWOOD/TM-D700A-Remote Head "CAUTION"]

[Garry VK2UNI]

Bizarrely?!
Is that's a new word?

I have been using RJxx plugs for over 20 years now and I can't ever recall 
having issues with even one of them.
I find it a bit odd as well.

Kind Regards... Garry, VK2UNI

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Damien Gardner Jnr" <rendrag at rendrag.net>
To: "Australian APRS Users" <ozaprs at aprs.net.au>
Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2009 1:27 PM
Subject: Re: [OZAPRS] JVC/KENWOOD/TM-D700A-Remote Head "CAUTION"]


>
> On 12/02/2009, at 4:46 AM, Phillip wrote:
>> CAUTION:  Do not remove the remote head or unplug the remote head  cable
>> from the radio unless the 12VDC power supply has been turned off and  the
>> voltage has drained down to zero VDC.  The potential for momentary
>> shorts in the RJ11 connector are high.  Kenwood has experience a  number
>> of 9VDC power supply failures due to station operators disconnecting  and
>> reconnecting the remote head while the 12VDC power supply is ON.
>
> That seems like a bizarrely huge design fault??
>
> Maybe I'm picturing it wrong, but if it's anything like the remote  head 
> on my Yaesu FT8100R, the remote head just unclips like a normal  car radio 
> head, and is meant to be taken with you when you leave the  car to 
> dissuade theft? Come to think of it, even my GME UHF cb remote  head 
> unclips by loosening two thumbscrews, and then unclipping the  cable..  Is 
> the D700 not setup the same way?
>
> Cheers,
>
> DG
>
> Damien Gardner Jnr
> VK2TDG. Dip EE. GradIEAust
> rendrag at rendrag.net -  http://www.rendrag.net/
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