[Elecraft] K2: Headphone Jack failure

[David Gropper]

If the phone jack has been stressed or has "tired", the built
in contact switch (in the jack) will not close and you will
not have audio from the speaker. As the headphone jack is an
encapsulated unit my guess(!) is that you'll have to either
replace it or bypass it.  Sorry


Dave KK7SS
K2 #3003



> 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.
>