I am sure I can scrounge up at least a few of these cables..... 1/8 stereo male to two RCA Males. Cables are about 3ft long. If you are interested you can send me $3 to cover the cost of a small padded envelope and shipping and I'll send what I have. I'll make a list of responses and then dig out what I can find. Don't send me anything till I confirm with each person.
------------------------- 73, Greg - AB7R Whidbey Island WA NA-065 On Tue Jan 5 10:02 , Keith Hamilton sent: >Sounds good to me! What is the supplier and part number so I can order! > >73 Keith W8GX > > > >On Jan 5, 2010, at 12:53 PM, Jim Brown wrote: > >> 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: 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
