[Elecraft] [K3] Speaker Plug

[Ron D'Eau Claire]

Part of the problem is that in the USA many suppliers consider 3.5 mm and
1/8" the same. For example I have a packet of Radio Shack plugs that is
marked 1/8" (3.5 mm).

I grabbed one and checked it, and it's 0.135" in diameter - 3.5 mm. No
wonder it works FB in my K3. 

I'm inclined to go on another rant about how Americans refuse to accept
metric measurements even though metric has been the "standard" system of
weights and measurements in the USA since the 1960's, but I won't.

Oh... I just did.

Ron AC7AC 

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of n5ge at n5ge.com
Sent: Monday, January 02, 2012 7:49 PM
To: David Ferrington, M0XDF
Cc: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] [K3] Speaker Plug


Page 8 in the D9 version of the K3 Owners's Manual say's 1/8 inch stereo HP
and
SP jacks both.

But... That doesn't mean they are ;o)

73,
Tom
Amateur Radio Operator N5GE
ARRL Lifetime Member
QCWA Lifetime Member

"Only a white man would believe he could cut the top
off of a blanket, sew it to the bottom and have a longer
blanket."

-- Old Indian comment about Daylight Saving Time

On Mon, 2 Jan 2012 21:59:07 +0000, "David Ferrington, M0XDF"
<M0XDF at Alphadene.co.uk> wrote:

>Are you sure it's 1/8"? that would make it 3.175mm, which would account for
the loose connection if the socket is actually 3.5mm.
>And my 3.5mm plugs in the UK fit very well.
>73 de M0XDF
>
>
[snip]

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