[Elecraft] Lost speaker audio in K2

[AJSOENKE at aol.com]

You have probably experienced a common failure  in the front panel phone 
plug. Order a new jack from Elecraft and replace the  broken one. It's a small 
plastic part that slides back and forth to engage the  headphone or speaker. it 
splits in half and cannot be returned to closed when  the headphone is removed. 
I bought two, just in case, but I think they have the  problem fixed. Some 
1/8" jacks that are sold in stores is inferior, although  stronger. The use a 
pressure contact that will get noisy or fail at the contact.  The Elecraft 
supplied jack is a positive contact slide switch, but a batch was  flawed. Go real 
easy on the soldering heat when you install - "just in  case".

Al WA6VNN  




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