[Elecraft] More on N0SS K3 External Speaker Splitter

[Greg - AB7R]

I am sure I can scrounge up at least a few of these cables..... 1/8 stereo male to two RCA 
Males.  Cables are about 3ft long.  If you are interested you can send me $3 to cover the 
cost of a small padded envelope and shipping and I'll send what I have.  I'll make a list of 
responses and then dig out what I can find.  Don't send me anything till I confirm with each 
person.

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73,
Greg - AB7R
Whidbey Island WA
NA-065


On Tue Jan  5 10:02 , Keith Hamilton  sent:

>Sounds good to me!  What is the supplier and part number so I can order!
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>73  Keith W8GX
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>On Jan 5, 2010, at 12:53 PM, Jim Brown wrote:
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>> On Mon, 04 Jan 2010 13:20:07 -0600, Tom Hammond wrote:
>> 
>>> Since the posting of the link to my K3 Speaker Splitter PC board, 
>> I 
>>> have received a number of requests (orders if you will) for PC 
>>> boards.
>> 
>> While I appalud your willingness to share, there is another good 
>> solution. What we really need is a "stereo to mono" breakout cable 
>> that has a 3-circuit male plug wired for stereo, split to two mono 
>> jacks. Here's the problem -- Radio Schlock, Worst Buy, and their 
>> ilk pushed the real connector mfrs out of the market with cheaply 
>> made connectors and adapter cables, but they don't sell the cable 
>> we need. 
>> 
>> The GOOD connectors are made by Switchcraft and Neutrik. In North 
>> America, we can buy these parts from vendors like Newark, Allied, 
>> Digikey, etc. The catch is that they cost more than a buck, and 
>> hams can be cheap, so they think they're too expensive. They're 
>> not -- they are of much higher quality, don't have the melting 
>> insulation and lousy contact material problems of the cheap 
>> connectors, and are far more robust mechanically. 
>> 
>> The solution is simple. Simply belly up to the bar and place an 
>> order with one of these real electronics vendors for real 
>> connectors and build your own adapters. 
>> 
>> Now a brickbat to Elecraft. Speakers are individual products, they 
>> don't come wired with 3-circuit plugs, and as noted above, it's 
>> not easy to buy parts to build adapters. What Elecraft SHOULD have 
>> done is provide TWO output jacks, not one. They played cheap (or 
>> dumb, to the extent that they were ignorant of the marketplace). 
>> Now to fix it? Rebuilding the I/O panel is costly. A better fix 
>> for their design error is to provide the unique breakout cable 
>> that is required.  
>> 
>> It has long been good practice when selling quality electronics 
>> products to ship unique connectors and or cable assemblies with 
>> the product, especially when they are not commonly available in 
>> the marketplace. This breakout cable is exactly such a unique 
>> part.  
>> 
>> 73,
>> 
>> Jim K9YC
>> 
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