[Elecraft] K2 microphone jack question

Don Wilhelm w3fpr at earthlink.net
Sat Mar 31 11:56:24 EST 2007


Sam,

Although it may be disconcerting, there is nothing wrong.  The mic jack 
is held by the pins only, and those pins 'wiggle' a bit in the housing 
causing the outer housing to 'wiggle'  It is not a problem and not an 
indication of something wrong.

73,
Don W3FPR

Sam Morgan wrote:
> I just became the proud adoptive parent of K2 #2481. Not having built 
> any K2 unit myself, and not having the manuals in hand yet, I have a 
> question.
> 
> I noticed the mike jack has a just a little, left to right, rotational 
> slack. It's firm when you try to pull out or push in on the jack. Is 
> something loose inside that I should be concerned with? I peeked inside, 
> and if I don't have to dig my way down into behind the front panel, I'd 
> really like to put it off into the far distant future. ;-/
> 
> TIA


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