PJG777ZN
Active Member
Hi
This story started while there were recption problems with Vodacom I noticed my external a/e socket was very loose but blamed the current signal situation for the problems after 3 weeks I took it to Vodacare in Durban who said there's nothing wrong After 3 days I went back and pointed out the loose socket " send it to JHB it'll take 2 days " so I agreed written as the fault was " Drops calls antenae socket loose " it came back 4 days later marked "no fault found " and the socket was still loose Being most pee'd off I brought the card back to my workshop ( TV ) split the case and re-attched /soldered the socket back to the card reassembled and tested What a surprise BACK TO NORNAL !!!!!
A good point here is the outgoing RF out RF in passes through the socket on it way to the internal antennae so in the fault condition not even the internal a/e was connected Hence the very poor signals
So much for Vodacom Tech's
This story started while there were recption problems with Vodacom I noticed my external a/e socket was very loose but blamed the current signal situation for the problems after 3 weeks I took it to Vodacare in Durban who said there's nothing wrong After 3 days I went back and pointed out the loose socket " send it to JHB it'll take 2 days " so I agreed written as the fault was " Drops calls antenae socket loose " it came back 4 days later marked "no fault found " and the socket was still loose Being most pee'd off I brought the card back to my workshop ( TV ) split the case and re-attched /soldered the socket back to the card reassembled and tested What a surprise BACK TO NORNAL !!!!!
A good point here is the outgoing RF out RF in passes through the socket on it way to the internal antennae so in the fault condition not even the internal a/e was connected Hence the very poor signals
So much for Vodacom Tech's
maybe some pictures would help explain...
[to be accompanied by a 'do not try this at home' disclaimer]