[Elecraft] [K3] front phones socket duability

[drewko1 at verizon.net]

On Wed, 16 Jan 2008 18:48:47 +0000, "David Ferrington, M0XDF" wrote:

>I find I'm plugging the phones line on my Proset, in and out of the front
>phones socket quite a lot (> 20 times a day perhaps)
>Anyone any idea of the durability the socket?


That is also how I use the headphones: constantly jumping between them
and speaker. When I replaced the jack on my K2 I decided to add a
headphone/speaker switch on the rear panel. I can switch back and
forth between headphones and speaker with no worry about wearing out
the jack. 

But apart from the durability issue, the headphone/speaker switch is
amazingly more convenient. Some commercial grade receivers have this
feature; not sure if there is any ham gear which has it.

Doesn't the K3 have a 1/4" jack (vs 1/8")? That alone will make it a
lot more durable. Still, sure would like  to have a headphone/speaker
switch. I guess my question would be: how strong is the insertion
force on the jack? If it's more than about 4 or 5 pounds you will have
to hold the radio down to plug and unplug it; IOW, a two-handed
operation. 

73,
Drew
AF2Z