Heil Pro 7 Fix

During a nice CAS-3H / LilacSat-2 pass I worked DL6AP/P and noticted that the audio on the Heil Pro 7’s right earphone was intermittend. So I disassembled the miniXLR connector because the issue was on that end of the cable. Desoldering the green wire I noticed that it was simply broken some 5cm into the cable.

Broken Green Wire
Broken Green Wire

So the cable was shortened by roughly 10cm and resoldered (a replacement would be like some 40€). Disassembly of the cut-off 10cm paart showed that also the black wire was about to break already.

(Almost) Broken Black Wire
(Almost) Broken Black Wire

For sake of repairs and future usage I documented the wires and colors. View is from the back of the connector / seen into the jack on the headset part.

Pinout of miniXLR Connector on Heil Pro Set 7
Pinout of miniXLR Connector on Heil Pro Set 7