[Elecraft] [K3] Speaker Plug

[Ron D'Eau Claire]

No theirs, mine. I simply measured a plug I had on hand and came up with
0.135". As Don noted earlier, there are always tolerances. 

73, Ron AC7AC

-----Original Message-----

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