[Elecraft] Headphones and extension cable - leave plugged in?

Charlie, K3ICH pincon at erols.com
Sat Jul 19 11:50:35 EDT 2014


One trick you can try is to cut one fuzzy end off a regular paper "Q-Tip" 
stem and apply a couple drops (or squirt) of DeOxit.  Then poke it into the 
1/8" socket and wiggle it around a bit.  Also, wipe the plug with a similar 
squirt on the fuzzy end.   It may well be that your cable isn't 
intermittent, but just very slightly oxidized.

73, Charlie k3ICH


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Barry" <w2up at comcast.net>
To: <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Saturday, July 19, 2014 11:39 AM
Subject: [Elecraft] Headphones and extension cable - leave plugged in?


> With my K3, I use the 3.5mm headphone jack on the back and toggle speaker 
> on
> /off with a macro programmed into PF1.
>
> As my headphones have a relatively short cable, I use a 6 ft extension
> cable.  Recently, the connection between the extension cable and the
> headphones become intermittent, so I replaced the cable.
>
> My question - is it better to unplug the headphones from the extension 
> cable
> when not in use, as maybe the spring tension inside the female end of the
> cable is weakening.  Or, would repeatedly plugging/unplugging it cause 
> more
> fatigue in the connection over time?
>
>
>
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