[Elecraft] Line In jack and standard stereo cable

[Pete Smith]

Got it, Don, and thanks to everyone else who responded as well.

73, Pete N4ZR

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On 6/23/2010 3:52 PM, Don Wilhelm wrote:
> Pete,
>
> This *is* a little confusing to many, but the jack itself is stereo - 
> the signal path is mono - which means that the channel connected to 
> the jack tip (normally the left) will be the only one used by the K3.
> You can use either a mono or a stereo plug.  looking with hindsight, a 
> better label than "mono" on those jacks would be "left channel only is 
> used" - and indeed that is the intent.
>
> The same is not true for the audio output (headphones and speaker out) 
> - always use a stereo plug even if you are only using one channel.
>
> 73,
> Don W3FPR
>
> Pete Smith 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.
>>
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