[Elecraft] K2: Headphone Jack failure

[Kenneth E. Harker]

On Fri, Mar 21, 2003 at 11:05:43AM -0500, Stephen King wrote:
> Has anyone had any experience with the headphone jack failing?  Actually,
> what is happening is that the headphone jack works fine .... but when I pull
> the plug out I get no audio in the speaker.  I would guess that the little
> switch in the plug has failed.  I am not looking forward to the possibility
> of trying to remove and replace J2 ... any suggestions?  Is it "repairable"
> rather than replaceable?

The very same thing has happened to my rig recently.  I haven't completely 
determined the cause (although J2 is my lead suspect,) but I know that audio 
is not getting to either the KPA100 speaker nor the original top panel 
speaker.

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