[Elecraft] The ProSet - K2 Boom Headset - Left channel only...

Clay Autery KY5G at montac.com
Wed Jul 25 01:13:31 EDT 2018


I tried ALL permutations...  SPKR + PH, SPKR - PH, and the Tap 1 to do 
the SW+ and SW-...  Never left audio.

Just did a resistance comparison be W3FPR suggestion.... there is an 
open in the left channel circuit somewhere OR a bad driver.

Thanks and 73,

______________________
Clay Autery, KY5G
(318) 518-1389

On 24-Jul-18 17:05, Richard Wade wrote:
> Do you have the config menu on your K3s item SPKR+PH set to YES or NO? 
> When I set that config item to YES then the audio to the right 
> headphone is muted and the speaker works.  With NO selected I have 
> audio to both headphones and the speaker is muted.
>
> I have this config setting set to M1 so that I can switch between 
> speaker and headphones quickly.  If I am listening to speaker and want 
> to go to headphones there is always audio to the left phone and quick 
> touch of M! mutes the speaker and gives audio to both phones.
>
> 73,
> Dick WM6G
>
> On Tue, Jul 24, 2018 at 1:36 PM, Don Wilhelm <donwilh at embarqmail.com 
> <mailto:donwilh at embarqmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     Clay,
>
>
>     On your K3S, did you try plugging into the rear phones jack?  You
>     can do that without any  1/8 inch to 1/4 inch adapter.
>
>     The resistance of each earpiece should be easy to check with your
>     ohmmeter and be revealing if there is a cord problem. The left
>     channel (tip) should compare with the right (ring) unless
>     something is open or shorted.
>
>     73,
>     Don W3FPR
>
>     On 7/24/2018 4:23 PM, Clay Autery wrote:
>
>         Anyone ever had a ProSet two fail to deliver two channel
>         output when everything is set up correctly (aka bad cable or
>         failed R channel solder joint at one end or the other)?
>
>         My Elmer has a set bought in April of this year and has never
>         been able to get right channel.  I took it today to try on my
>         K3s with known good setup for 2-channel into phones
>         (Sennheiser HD598SE).
>
>         Same problem on my radio...  no right channel.  Almost HAS to
>         be 1) solder joint failure on one of the wires to the driver,
>         2) a right channel (+) solder failure at the 1/8" TRS, 2)
>         failed right driver. It's a non-coiled three cable-bonded
>         cord...  so I am assuming 3 conductors with shields for ground
>



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