[Elecraft] K3: rear microphone plug problem

[Joe Subich, W4TV]

The "wiggle" is often that the jacks are designed for 3.5mm plugs 
as opposed to 1/8" (3.2mm).  Almost all new manufacturing is done 
with 3.5mm jacks.

73, 

   ... Joe, W4TV 
 




> -----Original Message-----
> From: elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net 
> [mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of S Sacco
> Sent: Friday, March 12, 2010 9:14 PM
> To: Jim McDonald
> Cc: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3: rear microphone plug problem
> 
> 
> I'll second Knut's comment.
> 
> 
> 
> On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 5:27 PM, Jim McDonald <jim at n7us.net> wrote:
> > To minimize wear on the jacks, I use a Radio Shack "Stereo Audio 
> > Source Selector" 3-way switch which is plugged into the K3 speaker 
> > jack.  It selects either the powered Sony computer speakers 
> or one of 
> > two headphones, one of which is a Heil Proset Plus.
> >
> > Jim N7US
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have also recently moved my Heil proset to the rear and so far I 
> > have not had any problems. With that said, I don't have a very 
> > comfortable feeling about the quality of the 1/8" sockets 
> on the K3. 
> > There is a lot of wiggle and the plugs don't seem to seat 
> properly in 
> > the sockets. I am not sure if there is such a thing as a 
> quality 1/8" 
> > phone socket, especially the stereo ones. I wish Elecraft (and Heil 
> > for that matter) had avoided them.
> >
> > AB2TC - KNut
> >
> >
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