[Elecraft] Re: K2 Speaker not muting?

[Don Wilhelm]

I wonder how many headphone jack failures are the result of hitting the
headphone plug when the AF Gain control is rotated - the two are quite
close, and yes that jack will not tolerate a lot of lateral motion before
failing.

I just though of a 'cure', wire up a short extension with flexible wire (buy
a short headphone extension cord and cut about 4 inches from the jack end),
and then wire a right angle 3.5mm plug (such as Mouser 171-3308-EX) to the
end that will plug into the K2.

73,
Don W3FPR

> -----Original Message-----
>
> I am on my 3rd jack.  I read a suggestion that overheating during
> soldering weakens the jack so I was extra careful this time.  But I
> recently saw a new, profesionally-built K2 that had a broken jack.  I
> think this problem is more common than was thought.
> 73,
> Leigh/WA5ZNU
>
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