Buy the new adapter that turns the bird connector into a BNC then just use a BNC cable, wont have any future problems with the crappy spring.
73 Merv K9FD/KH6
Ken, My bird has been acting as you described. I will check it out. I guess the remedy is to clean the spring coils ? Thanks for the info ? 73, Bob K6UJ
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