Happened upon on Tandberg 41 SW portable. . .

[Thyratron]

I've picked up a few more interesting things over the past couple of days, but the most unusual was one (unidentified) that "played" nothing but morse code signals; it was at the lower end of the SW dial. I wonder what it could have been.

I had the radio apart the other day, trying to retension/clean the headphone jack, as the plug fit is very loose and makes a poor (or no) connection. "Trying" is the word there, as I was unable to reach it easily, and did not want to be taking the circuit boards, speaker, etc. apart just for something like that. Does anyone know of a trick for doing this from the exterior of the jack? It's a regular 1/8 incher, or so I assume; Njord, please correct me if I'm wrong and it's a different standard that was used.

[Njord Noatun]

Originally Posted by Thyratron

I had the radio apart the other day, trying to retension/clean the headphone jack, as the plug fit is very loose and makes a poor (or no) connection. "Trying" is the word there, as I was unable to reach it easily, and did not want to be taking the circuit boards, speaker, etc. apart just for something like that. Does anyone know of a trick for doing this from the exterior of the jack? It's a regular 1/8 incher, or so I assume; Njord, please correct me if I'm wrong and it's a different standard that was used.

Again, Per Arne at AA says that although he believes there are two standards for the the 1/8" (3.5 mm minijack) jack (one US standard with a pronounced "waist line near the tip, and one International standard with a straight(er) tip), both types should fit equally well. He also notes that there is no point in connecting a stereo plug - a mono plug suffices.

Specificallty to your question, he says that it is possible to tighten the springs inside the headphone connector with a screwdriver for a tighter fit, but that it is done from the inside and some disassembly is required.

Hope this helps.