I have a few of these cables that I stash away from other electronics. Its a stereo 1/8 plug that breaks out to two RCA male plugs. You get these alot when you buy TVs, VCRs, CD players and the such. At the time I don't need them so I just toss them into a box for future use.
------------------------- 73, Greg - AB7R Whidbey Island WA NA-065 On Tue Jan 5 9:53 , "Jim Brown" sent: >On Mon, 04 Jan 2010 13:20:07 -0600, Tom Hammond wrote: > >>Since the posting of the link to my K3 Speaker Splitter PC board, >I >>have received a number of requests (orders if you will) for PC >>boards. > >While I appalud your willingness to share, there is another good >solution. What we really need is a "stereo to mono" breakout cable >that has a 3-circuit male plug wired for stereo, split to two mono >jacks. Here's the problem -- Radio Schlock, Worst Buy, and their >ilk pushed the real connector mfrs out of the market with cheaply >made connectors and adapter cables, but they don't sell the cable >we need. > >The GOOD connectors are made by Switchcraft and Neutrik. In North >America, we can buy these parts from vendors like Newark, Allied, >Digikey, etc. The catch is that they cost more than a buck, and >hams can be cheap, so they think they're too expensive. They're >not -- they are of much higher quality, don't have the melting >insulation and lousy contact material problems of the cheap >connectors, and are far more robust mechanically. > >The solution is simple. Simply belly up to the bar and place an >order with one of these real electronics vendors for real >connectors and build your own adapters. > >Now a brickbat to Elecraft. Speakers are individual products, they >don't come wired with 3-circuit plugs, and as noted above, it's >not easy to buy parts to build adapters. What Elecraft SHOULD have >done is provide TWO output jacks, not one. They played cheap (or >dumb, to the extent that they were ignorant of the marketplace). >Now to fix it? Rebuilding the I/O panel is costly. A better fix >for their design error is to provide the unique breakout cable >that is required. > >It has long been good practice when selling quality electronics >products to ship unique connectors and or cable assemblies with >the product, especially when they are not commonly available in >the marketplace. This breakout cable is exactly such a unique >part. > >73, > >Jim K9YC > > >______________________________________________________________ >Elecraft mailing list >Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >Post: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net','','','')">Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > >This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
