[Elecraft] [K3]Microphone socket wobble

[KARL MARDERIAN]

Hello Don,
I have been following this tread. I have had my K3 for about two years and the mic socket will turn a little. I said something a year or so ago on line here but never got any feed back. Do you think it a defect, or just needed play and should be well enough left alone. Never had any issues with the mic.
Karl N6XVT
On Mar 9, 2010, at 5:06 PM, Don Wilhelm wrote:

> Knut,
> 
> On the K2, you may access the mic jack by removing only the left side 
> panel,but on the K3, I believe you must remove the front panel assembly 
> to gain access to the base of the mic jack - you do not have to remove 
> the front panel from its metal enclosure, nor do you need to remove the 
> DSP board.
> 
> If you look at K3_Application_Note_Front_Panel_Microphone_Grounding.pdf 
> on the Elecraft website, you can see how to gain access.  Lok carefully 
> at Figure 4 on page 2, and you will see that the microphone jack shell 
> is grounded by a wire in the K3.  That wire provides the grounding that 
> I mentioned, however it does not provide mechanical stability for the 
> mic jack shell (which is not important IMHO, but may ba a "problem" to 
> some other folks).  Soldering the shell to the ground plane will provide 
> the "lack of wobble" that some may desire.
> 
> 73,
> Don W3FPR
> 
> ab2tc wrote:
>> I might want to do that. Is there any truth to the rumor that this can be
>> accessed by removing the left side panel only? I really don't want to got
>> through the front panel disassembly and reassembly.
>> 
>> AB2TC - Knut
>> 
>> 
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