[Elecraft] [K3] Speaker Plug

[Mike]

According to Google converter, 3.5mm = 0.137795276** inch. Rounding would make it 
0.138 ". RS's meterstick is uncalibrated. ....:-)

73, Mike NF4L

On 1/2/2012 11:17 PM, Ron D'Eau Claire wrote:
> 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-----
> From: elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net
> [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
>>
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