[Elecraft] [K3] Line in / out socket failure

Stewart stewart at baker.nildram.co.uk
Sun Apr 25 13:19:13 EDT 2010


I have found that a number of these sockets on my K3 are becoming loose.
Frequently I have to reseat the headphone plug  because one channel is missing audio.
Also if I move them I get scratching noises. They weren't the greatest when I first built
my K3, but they are definitely getting worse.

Stewart G3RXQ 
On Sun, 25 Apr 2010 09:22:26 -0700 (PDT), Julian, G4ILO wrote:
>
> I'm just embarking on a shack renovation so everything is disconnected at the
> moment. While disconnecting the cables from my K3 which is an early model
> S/N 222 I was reminded of an issue I have noticed over the past few months
> concerning the sockets for line in / line out. They seem to be deteriorating
> to the extent that one of them in particular the cable will just fall out of
> the socket with the slightest persuasion. Often just fiddling with some of
> the other cables is enough to result in a loss of data, which the first time
> this happened resulted in a lot of time wasted trying to look for problems
> on the computer side...
>
> Has anyone else had trouble with these sockets? Are they user replaceable
> using parts obtainable in the UK?
>
> -----
> Julian, G4ILO. K2 #392  K3 #222.
> * G4ILO's Shack - http://www.g4ilo.com
> * KComm - http://www.g4ilo.com/kcomm.html
> * KTune - http://www.g4ilo.com/ktune.html




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