Photo of the SMA jack on a RTL-SDR stick showing both chassis ground pins broken at the board mount. (No solder joints failed.) The jack is only connected via the center pin.
Photo of the bottom side of the SMA jack showing that the bottom pins were never soldered to the board. From a side view, there is a small gap between the two ground pins and the PCB pads, but the two pins could have been bent down to meet the board. Once soldered that would have been a decent mechanical connection overall. Will crimp them down on the replacement part.
What’s the half-life of a RTL-2832U R820T2 SDR stick? In my case it’s about six years. Noticed that the SMA jack on the end of the stick was getting a little wobbly. Opened case and found that the connector was only attached by the center pin. The 2 top-side […]
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