Speaker Mic screw-hole for Kenwood NX-3200-k2 portable radio.

[Ofdpt23]

Greetings.

I am looking for advice. I am using a Kenwood NX-3200-k2 portable radio for my Fire Department. I typically leave my radio attached to one of my two speaker-mics that is attached to my radio straps (I have one specifically for fire and ems, so as to not transfer carcinogens between the two jobs). I have, apparently, worn out the screw hole that holds the connector to the radio. Does anybody have any suggestions as to how I might proceed to fix this issue?

 

[mmckenna]

That threaded part where the speaker mic screws into is part of the chassis.
You'd have to replace the chassis to fix that.

Other option would be to try a Helicoil, but you'd probably want to disassemble the entire radio to drill out that section and it'd be a questionable repair if it was damaged once.

Do you remove/install the mic frequently?

 

[kd4efm]

Item #4, A1A-0106-10, chassis list $54.85, bench time, approx. 1.5 hours

 

[dryfb]

I heard from a dealer that they had a dept strip multiple chassis and they used helicoil, idk how well it worked tho

 

[mmckenna]

I heard from a dealer that they had a dept strip multiple chassis and they used helicoil, idk how well it worked tho

That would be my concern. Someone consistently over torquing the screw would probably continue to do that until the helicoil pulled out.

I'm glad most of my users don't use speaker mics.

 

[AM909]

Replacing a frame (especially on the higher-tier radios) is a real pain and ordering and actually getting all the right parts that are not easily transplanted at the same time can be challenging. It's going to be a $250-$300 bill. And beer.

How about going to a BT mic, since the radio does come with BT standard for voice?