[Elecraft] speaker problem

[Ron D'Eau Claire]

Geoff, GM3ESD wrote:

The switch in my headphone jack fell apart within a few months even though 
the jack body was still firmly in place. I do use a small right angle plug 
plus quite long light weight leads to an inline 1/4in jack, and seldom 
unplug the headphones.  IMHO the jack is too close to the AF gain control, 

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AHA! You've uncovered another variable in the equation. As a certified O.T.
CW operator, I set the AF gain at a level just below where the audio channel
noise is apparent in the phones and control the volume of signals with the
RF GAIN control! 

So my fat fingers never crash into the phones plug although I have pinched
one between the AF GAIN and RF GAIN often enough to understand the problem.

Personally, I've daydreamed about moving the RF gain to the RIT/XIT knob
position. Since I use SPLIT I do all my tuning - xmit and rx separately -
with the big knob. 

That way I'd never have to mess with those close-spaced little knobs over on
the left while operating...

Ron AC7AC