[Elecraft] K2 Phone Jack

[drewko1 at verizon.net]

On Tue, 11 Mar 2008 09:41:57 -0700 (PDT), Jim, K4ZMV wrote:

>
>My K2's phone jack has failed for the third time.  I've ordered two new
>jacks, but I am thinking about wiring the internal speaker always on and
>muting it at the external speaker jack.  I'm a little concerned about just
>opening the internal speaker line without a load for the audio amp.  I could
>just insert a 15 ohm 2 watt resister as the load.  Any observations on that
>approach.  Thanks.
>
>Jim, K4ZMV

When I replaced my headphone jack I took the opportunity to wire in a
speaker/headphone switch to the back panel. I leave the headphones
plugged in most all of the time now and just use the switch to select
between headphones and speaker. That means a lot less wear on the
jack. It is a lot more convenient than plugging and unplugging the
headphones all the time anyway.

73,
Drew
AF2Z