[Elecraft] 2.5mm 3conductor RX I/Q to 3.5mm 3conductor soundcard line input cable

[Geoff Allsup]

One thing that might help here is to use one side of a 1/8" Y-adapter ( I have a few of these from Radio Shack) - that gets you a few inches of flex 

73,
geoff - W1OH

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On Aug 23, 2012, at 1:29, Rick Tavan N6XI <rtavan at gmail.com> wrote:

> The combination that scares me is plugging in an older headset like my Heil
> Proset which has a 1/4" phones plug. Through a bulky 1/4" to 1/8" adapter,
> there is a lot of mass hanging off the PHONES connector on the KX3. Sure
> wish the new cable package included a right-angle 3.5 male to 1/4" inline
> female. Or even a right-angle 3.5 male to 3.5 inline female. At least that
> would put the big, bulky stuff down on the desktop. You offer a right-angle
> audio-out connector for digital ops but not for CW and SSB ops!
> 
> /Rick N6XI
> 
> On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 7:58 PM, Eric Swartz WA6HHQ - Elecraft <
> eric at elecraft.com> wrote:
> 
>> We -strongly-recommend that 2.5mm to 3.5mm adapters are not plugged
>> directly into the IQ jack on the KX3. They can easily damage the jack if
>> they are bumped, due to their longer lever arm when sticking out of the
>> jack.
>> 
>> The 2.5mm to 3.5mm cable in the KX3-PCKT has a molded 2.5mm right angle
>> plug that minimizes the chance of damaging the jack.
>> 
>> 
> -- 
> Rick Tavan N6XI
> Truckee, CA
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