[Elecraft] KX3 microphone nut size

[hawley, charles j jr]

Metric 6 mm is close enough to thread on but wrong threads per inch?

Chuck Jack Hawley 
KE9UW

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> On Aug 28, 2020, at 3:35 PM, Mooneer Salem <mooneer at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Tried some normal 1/4"-20 hex nuts from Lowe's too (much too thick mind
> you, but should at least confirm if the diameter/TPI are correct) and no
> such luck.
> 
> Interestingly, I took off the nut from a spare SMA pigtail and it was able
> to mate it with the microphone connector. However, I couldn't rotate it
> past 1/2 turn or so and I didn't want to force it with tools and
> potentially damage the jack. If it was the correct size, I'd have been able
> to tighten it much further by hand, right?
> 
> -Mooneer K6AQ
> 
>> On Fri, Aug 28, 2020 at 1:21 PM hawley, charles j jr <c-hawley at illinois.edu>
>> wrote:
>> 
>> 1/4"-20  I think
>> 
>> Chuck Hawley
>> c-hawley at illinois.edu
>> 
>> Amateur Radio, KE9UW
>> aka Jack, BMW Motorcycles
>> 
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>> on behalf of Mooneer Salem <mooneer at gmail.com>
>> *Sent:* Friday, August 28, 2020 3:12 PM
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>> *Subject:* [Elecraft] KX3 microphone nut size
>> 
>> Hi all,
>> 
>> Does anyone know what exactly would replace the microphone nut on the KX3?
>> (I seem to have somehow misplaced mine.) The jack itself seemed to measure
>> 1/4" OD but some 1/4"-32 panel nuts that I found don't seem to screw into
>> it.
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> 
>> -Mooneer K6AQ
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