[Elecraft] K2 Internal Speaker Dead

[Kevin Rock]

Hi Mike,
    My K2's phone jack has been broken for over a year.  I can't afford to 
have it replaced.  But your's should still be under warranty.  Get it 
replaced now.  I am not sure how long they last though.  I had an email 
 from Gary Surrency explaining what happens to the jacks and it sounds like 
they break quite often.  One day I may replace it but I will try to find 
one which lasts longer.
    I did not know it was broken for the longest time since I use my 
headphones exclusively.  Maintains domestic amity :)  But I was going to 
use the internal speaker while running the Elecraft booth station and 
found the problem.  So I used a computer speaker, power supply, and a y 
cable.  Worked pretty well and got a number of folks to the booth just to 
copy the contacts.
    Good luck,
       Kevin.   KD5ONS


On Sat, 16 Apr 2005 00:32:13 -0400, Mike Monger <kc4ejt at comcast.net> wrote:

> Hi Fellow Elecrafters,
>
> My K2 internal speaker is dead.
>
> I had messed up a crimp pin in the initial stages of assembly and so was 
> not even using the internal speaker but only using headphones.  I 
> discovered tonight that I had an extra crimp pin.  So, I got it 
> installed. plugged to P5 ( I think it is) but no audio from internal 
> speaker or from external speaker jack, only through headphones.  I 
> checked the archives and found that there have been problems in the past 
> and that apparently it comes back to some bad contacts in the headphone 
> jack.  So, should I just get Elecraft to send me another headphone jack 
> or should I check something else??
>
> Thanks in Advance,
>
> Mike
> KT2E
> K2 4777


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