[Elecraft] A KX3 Curiosity Question about ACC2 and RXIQ

[Phil Hystad]

Yes, I thought that might be a reason but you can still plug in the wrong plug.

73, phil, K7PEH

On Mar 17, 2013, at 9:29 PM, wb4jfi at knology.net wrote:

> My guess would be that with different size connectors, it is harder to plug the wrong thing into the wrong place.  This makes it less likely that you will plug an ACC1 cable into the ACC2 jack by mistake, and less likely that you would plug headphones into the RXIQ jack, for example.
> 73, Terry, WB4JFI
> 
> 
> -----Original Message----- From: Phil Hystad
> Sent: Monday, March 18, 2013 12:19 AM
> To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net List
> Subject: [Elecraft] A KX3 Curiosity Question about ACC2 and RXIQ
> 
> On my KX3 the ACC2 and the RXIQ connectors are 2.5 mm rather than a more common 3.5 mm.  So, does anyone know why these are 2.5 mm rather than 3.5 mm.  I understand that they are smaller but looking at the KX3 and how and where they are located I do not see that smaller is required for the design.
> 
> Is there a good engineering design reason behind this decision?  I have no complaints but rather lots of curiosity.
> 
> 73, phil, K7PEH
> 
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