[Elecraft] Line In jack and standard stereo cable

[Iain MacDonnell - N6ML]

Pete,

A stereo plug in a mono jack shouldn't actually cause anything to be
shorted - it's the opposite situation that can be problematic (mono
plug in a stereo jack).

Anyway, the line-in jack is actually a "stereo" one. A standard stereo
cable will work fine.

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    ~Iain / N6ML



On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 11:25 AM, Pete Smith <n4zr at contesting.com> wrote:
> If I plug a standard stereo cable into the mono Line In jack on my K3, I
> assume that it will short one of the channels to ground.  In order to
> connect to the Line Out of a computer sound card, does this mean that I
> need to build a special cable with a mono plug on one end, connected
> only to the tip and shell conductors of the cable, letting the ring float?
>
> Sorry to ask a question that must have been covered before, but I
> haven't found anything on this in the manual, and the archive of this
> reflector really isn't effectively searchable.
>
> --
> 73, Pete N4ZR
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