Re: trunk tracking.

--- In [email protected], "David Smart" 
<smartware.consulting@...> wrote:
>
> > but i noticed that it is loose where it goes throught the chip 
board
> > and i can move it in and out but it does not come all the way out
> > of the whole in the chip board.
> 
> I assume by "chip board" you mean circuit board (actually "printed 
circuit 
> board" or PCB)?
> 
> I haven't opened mine, but it is EXTREMELY unlikely that it should 
be loose. 
> If the copper strips are on the reverse side of the PCB, then 
you'll 
> presumably need to remove the PCB to check on what has happened, 
then 
> presumably make good the damage with a soldering iron.
> 
> Regards, Dave S
   Yes it is no longer attached to the pcb, the end of the wire comes 
to a point and i can see where it has come apart from the back of the 
pcb. it is very tiny so if i solder that point back to the pcb it 
should be ok?
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "ME" <mchiasson20@...>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Sent: Monday, January 05, 2009 12:07 PM
> Subject: [BC245XLT] Re: trunk tracking.
> 
> 
> > --- In [email protected], don robinson <don_551@> wrote:
> >>
> >> I agree with this. I've had the antenna connection break on my 
245
> > a few times. All that needs to happen is for the radio to fall on 
the
> > antenna or the rubber duck to stress the joint.  I finally took 
the
> > voicecoil braid off an old speaker and put that in place of the
> > single-strand stiff wire so it wouldn't happen again.
> >>
> >> When stations are very strong, it is possible to hear them with a
> > broken antenna connection and the ones further away won't come in.
> > Open the radio up and look at the wire to see if it's broken off 
the
> > board or the BNC.
> >  Regarding the little wire that is attatched to the antenna
> > connection.  I see that the wire goes throught the chip board. It 
is
> > not broke from the connection but i noticed that it is loose 
where it
> > goes throught the chip board and i can move it in and out but it 
does
> > not come all the way out of the whole in the chip board. Could 
this
> > be the problem. with not getting trunk track. or is this supose to
> > sit lightly in the chip board?
> >>
> >>
> >> --- On Fri, 1/2/09, Chuck44@ <Chuck44@> wrote:
> >>
> >> > From: Chuck44@ <Chuck44@>
> >> > Subject: Re: [BC245XLT] Re: trunk tracking.
> >> > To: [email protected]
> >> > Date: Friday, January 2, 2009, 12:47 PM
> >> > There have been cases where the antenna connection broke
> >> > loose at the circuit board...
> >> >
> >> > At 1/3/2009 07:40 +1100, David Smart wrote the following:
> >> >
> >> > >Either way, there might be something wrong with the
> >> > scanner, but it doesn't
> >> > >sound like a trunking problem. It sounds as though the
> >> > scanner could be
> >> > >deaf, or the control channel's tower could simply
> >> > be too far away for the
> >> > >antenna you're using.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
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