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Re: [Drakelist] Microphone Jack Trivia

Jim Shorney
Sun, 17 Aug 2008 19:41:39 -0700

On Sun, 17 Aug 2008 20:13:22 -0400, K8AC - k8ac wrote:

> It had a 1/4 inch plug for either the mic or headphone (don't recall which) 
> and a .207 Drake-like plug on the other pair.  Apparently that's been 
> standardized over the years so any headset can plug into any aircraft radio 
> (at least for private planes).

It's the mic plug that's .206 for aircraft. It's been standard for
quite a long time. I had to find a .206 jack to build an interface box
to connect my Telex ANC headset to the TR7, but found a new stock jack
on that e-place for reasonable money. Better than cutting the plug off
an expensive headset. The headphone jack is standard 1/4" stereo, and
nowdays the aircraft headsets can be operated mono or stereo. I was
thinking of wiring mine to have a spotting RX in one ear and the main
RX in another, but that could get confusing... :)

73

-Jim
NU0C


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