[Elecraft] [K3] front phones socket duability

[David Ferrington, M0XDF]

As per suggestions, I programmed PF1 and PF2 to switch CONFIG:SPKR+Ph from
OFF to ON, plug the 3.5mm jack of Proset into rear socket and just switch
with PF1/2

73 de M0XDF, K3 # 174, HexKey # 375

On 17/1/08 13:56, "drewko1 at verizon.net" <drewko1 at verizon.net> sent:

> 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. 
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