[Elecraft] What did I do wrong with my headphones??

[Tom H Childers]

Just love those metric sizes ;o)

73,
Tom
Amateur Radio Operator N5GE
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On Mon, 11 Mar 2013 14:48:55 -0400, "Joe Subich, W4TV"
<lists at subich.com> wrote:

>
>> I had the same problem (and still have) with my old Heilsound
>> headset: the 3.5 mm plug doesn't fit perfectly in the rear phone
>> socket. Fortunately my new Heilsound headset does.
>
>If it was old enough, the old headset probably had 1 1/8" (3.175 mm)
>plug instead of a 3.5 mm plug.  The difference isn't much - but just
>enough that a 1/8" plug is "sloppy" in most 3.5mm jacks.
>
>73,
>
>    ... Joe, W4TV
>
>
>On 3/11/2013 2:22 PM, Piero wrote:
>> Il 10/03/2013 17:33, tomb18 ha scritto:
>>> ...
>>> So, a long story, but what's up with the 3.5mm that it doesn't fit in the
>>> phone plug adapter?  Is it something different than a 3.5?  Why do
>>> manufactures like heil use such cheap connectors like an mp3 player??They
>>> always break.
>>> Thanks, Tom VA2FSQ
>>>
>>>
>> I had the same problem (and still have) with my old Heilsound headset:
>> the 3.5 mm plug
>> doesn't fit perfectly in the rear phone socket.
>> Fortunately my new Heilsound headset does.
>> Same brand, same plugs but just little different diameters!:-(
>> 73 de IK2VTJ, Piero.
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