Re: Earphone socket

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chris"


> Hi all. My earphone socket has become very hit-and-miss in making contact. 
> Tried electrical contact spray on it, but looks like it needs resoldering.
> Has anybody tried this out and what would the dismantlling process.
> Don't seem to able to access any service manuals, failing that will have 
> to return to Vertex at Winchester.

Not sure why you think "it needs resoldering"  Sometimes, from use (or 
overuse), they just go bad .. at the points where the plug connects to the 
jack .. not where the jack connects to the circuit board.

Richard Amirault
N1JDU
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