Generally, connectors described as 3.5 mm and 1/8" are fully compatible. Most manufacturers use the metric notation. 1/8" is more of a historical reference at this point, though we sometimes use either term in existing manuals. New manuals will all use 3.5 mm.
If in doubt, use connectors described as 3.5 mm. 73, Wayne N6KR On Jan 3, 2012, at 10:07 AM, Carl Clawson wrote: > I could infer from this discussion that 3.5 mm and 1/8 inch are two > different types of connector but I find no evidence of that. > > The terms are used interchangeably by manufacturers. Switchcraft, for > instance, titles their products as 3.5 mm but goes on to say "all > products > are 1/8 inch." On their drawing you'll see the plug diameter given > as 0.14 > inch +/- 0.01. That's 3.56 mm +/- 0.25. They're also not cheap, but I > recently bought some to try as I too have found this type of > connector to be > generally unreliable. The one that I went to the trouble of > measuring showed > poor sleeve contact. Maybe it's a corrosion problem. Lightly > polishing the > sleeve has helped with some of mine. Others remain incorrigible. > > I have not been able to find any industry standard for these > connectors. > > 73, Carl WS7L > K3 #486 > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 ______________________________________________________________ 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
