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NX210 antenna connector
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mmckenna
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Dealer can do it.
I've got about 450 NX-410's in use, have since 2011. I had a radio come in like this about 2 months ago, first/only one. Part was not expensive, but would have required taking the radio apart and resoldering. Didn't mind doing that, but asked our end user if they wanted to pay to repair it. For a 12 year old radio, they decided to replace it. I kept it as a parts donor.
Dealer bench time runs in the ~$85/hour range, plus parts.
Part number is: E04-0416-25 RF COAXIAL RECEPTACLE (SMA)
It's about $7 if you can find a dealer that will sell you the parts.
I've got about 450 NX-410's in use, have since 2011. I had a radio come in like this about 2 months ago, first/only one. Part was not expensive, but would have required taking the radio apart and resoldering. Didn't mind doing that, but asked our end user if they wanted to pay to repair it. For a 12 year old radio, they decided to replace it. I kept it as a parts donor.
Dealer bench time runs in the ~$85/hour range, plus parts.
Part number is: E04-0416-25 RF COAXIAL RECEPTACLE (SMA)
It's about $7 if you can find a dealer that will sell you the parts.
Alrighty, I started to take it apart to the level I needed to get to the antenna connector and some of the screws were super tight, one was so tight the head stripped, so I didn't go any farther. $95 total doesn't sound too bad, little more than I was hoping for though.
With that stripped screw it may cost more.
I used to have a separate (higher) price if you tried to fix it yourself and screwed it up.
Yeah, Little worried about that. Screw was insanely tight, used the right bit size and it still stripped out. How much extra did you charge for something like that?
I haven't been on the bench for a long time but it wasn't a set price, it depended on how bad it was. Honestly it depended on the attitude of the customer, if they told me from the start what they did we usually didn't charge any more. If they didn't tell us and especially flat out denied (and kept denying it) the price went up.
I'm old, but the old saying "honesty is the best policy" still holds true.
I definitely plan to be honest, don't want to drive the price up. It doesn't seem too severe, just one stripped screw on the board with all the ribbon connectors. Thank you for the input so I know what to expect
I did actually try super glue lol, didn't work the best. I now have rigged a bnc adapter and antenna by taking string and tying it onto belt clip screw, made sure to put some stuff around connector to reduce strain. Center pin also broke off so I had to improvise with a thin nail as well.
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