[Kenwood] Need TS-820 Lever Switches and TS-120/130 knobs

Thu Oct 4 13:31:03 EDT 2007

It was available separately as PN K29-0370-00 but has been discontinued.
Clif Holland KA5IPF
www.avvid.com
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joe LeKostaj" <k9ly at comcast.net>
To: <Kenwood at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2007 10:44 AM
Subject: Re: [Kenwood] Need TS-820 Lever Switches and TS-120/130 knobs
> If it's similar to the paddle switches on a TS-520 that I'm familiar with, 
> the paddle is a push-fit into the lever of the switch, but it was 
> considered all one part. You might look in catalogs from Mouser, All 
> Electronics, Marlin P. Jones, etc. and try to find a similar switch that 
> could be cannibalized to get a paddle. Even if it's not exactly the same 
> part, you may be able to make it work with a little drilling and filling 
> with epoxy, Duco cement, or Amazing Goop glue. Just don't get any glue 
> inside the toggle switch itself.
>> Fabricating parts this way is usually a last resort, but where there's a 
> will there's a way.
>> BTW, as another poster wrote, I can't stand when people "part out" a 
> perfectly good piece of ham gear that just needs a little know-how and 
> elbow grease to get it working. Good for you that you're tyring to fix up 
> that 820.
>> 73 & GL,
> Joe K9LY
>>>> At 12:33 AM -0400 10/4/07, Don wrote:
>>I have a TS-820 that is missing one if the Paddle that switches the VOX
>>switch. Does anyone know if the Paddle lever is replaceable or is it part 
>>of
>>the electrical switch? I can change the position of the position of the
>>brown switch with a pointer item. Can I get just the missing lever and it
>>so, does anyone know of a source? The switches are shown as item S11-14 
>>and
>>part number S44-2020-05.
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