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Tips on using a walkie talkie part 1
Video Practical Demo On How To Replace the Antenna Cover on a Kenwood Walkie-Talkie
How To Replace the Antenna Cover on a Kenwood Walkie-Talkie
Full Instructions for kenwood Pro Talk TK3301:
- Remove battery from back of radio, by lifting up clip on bottom of radio.
- Remove the two knobs from top of radio, by pulling upwards.
- Using cross-head screwdriver, remove the two screws that hold the ‘belt clip’ to the radio (located towards top of the back of the radio).Then remove belt clip assembly.
- Remove the two smaller screws located at the bottom of the rear battery compartment (rear of unit).
- Carefully prise the metal chassis apart from the plastic case, from the bottom of the unit. With the front (speaker side) of the unit flat on a surface, the bottom part of the case can be separated in an upwards direction. Caution, the plastic case is fragile and easily broken, so avoid using force. If possible get your fingernail between the chassis and case, rather than using a metallic screwdriver, which could cause damage.
- Once you have prised the chassis and plastic case apart, do not separate it more than about 2 centimetres. This is because both the metal part of the antenna, and the front speaker are attached, and could be damaged.
- Now carefully withdraw the metal chassis away from the top of the plastic case. Imagine that the metal chassis is falling out the bottom of the plastic case, which is the direction it should go in.
- The speaker wires are quite short, and care should be taken not to stretch of break them when separating the chassis from the case.
- As you withdraw the chassis in a downwards direction (in relation to the case), the metal antenna part (coiled wire), which is covered by the antenna cover, will be revealed.
- Once the coiled antenna wire is totally withdrawn, push the plastic antenna cover from the top of the plastic case, in a downwards direction. The plastic antenna cover should come out of the plastic case.
- Fitting a new antenna cover is a reversal of the removal procedure, taking care to ensure that the shaped base of the antenna cover locates in the recess inside the plastic case. This should be obvious when trying to fit.
- Make sure that the rubber grommet that is located on the top of the plastic case, at the base of the antenna cover, is pushed down fully. This sometimes pops out when fitting a new antenna cover (as it did on the video above).
- The rest of the reassembly process is a reversal of the dismantling instructions, however care needs to be taken to ensure that the speaker wires are positioned so that they are not trapped between the plastic case and chassis, when refitting them together. Its easily done, and can result in having to get out the soldering iron, to repair a ‘pinched’ open circuit connection.
- Once you have the plastic casing and metal chassis back together, then fit the battery and test that the radio works. This can save time, if you have accidentally broken the speaker wire, as you do not have to remove the screws to repair.
- Once happy that you have audio from the speaker, then refit screws, belt clip, battery.
- Congratulate yourself, and celebrate your achievement 🙂
Disclaimer: No liability if you break something or injure yourself. If in doubt, get in touch for help. This is for information only.
spalding arts event provided with radio hire at last minute.
Imagine realising at the last minute that you did not have enough radios for your event.
That’s what happened to a local arts organisation that was organising an event in Spalding.
We were phoned at 7PM on a Thursday night, with a last minute request to hire radio communications equipment.
The event was due to take place over the weekend, and the equipment was required to be delivered by 8:30 AM the next morning.
Fortunately the event organisers had called Yesway Communications of Lincolnshire, and we worked late into the night to check, charge and arrange the paperwork for the Friday morning delivery.
As promised, we delivered the radio hire equipment on time at the required location.
We aim to go the extra mile for our clients.
Do you have a last minute requirement for walkie talkies (two way handheld radios)?
(01522) 740818 or (01482) 520818
Save money with Yesway Branded Batteries
Do the batteries on your handheld two-way radio work as well as they originally did?
If not, they probably need replacing.
Original manufacturer branded batteries, such as for the Kenwood TK3301, cost around £45 + VAT.
Yesway Communications’ sell our own branded batteries for £35 + VAT for the equivalent Kenwood battery.
Our batteries are sourced from a UK supplier, and are manufactured using battery cells from top Japanese manufacturers, such as Panasonic.
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If you need to replace 10 batteries, that’s a £100 pound saving, based on the above example.
cheap walkie talkie hire
We provide quality walkie talkie hire throughout Lincolnshire, Yorkshire & other areas of the Uk for just £10 per unit / per day. All radios are all professional licensed high power models, unlike some of our competitors.
We mainly use quality radios from Entel and Kenwood.
The radios can be programmed to a hire frequency by us (included in price), or put on your own Ofcom frequency (need to see copy of licence).
If programmed to hire frequencies, the licence cover is included in price.
These radios are suitable for reliable communications, such as around factories, sites or events such as school fetes & sports days.
Price £10 per radio per week, including case and earpiece if required at no extra charge.
Delivery is free for 5 or more radios, though you are responsible for sending back.
Contact Craig on 01522 740818 for details.