One thing that might help here is to use one side of a 1/8" Y-adapter ( I have a few of these from Radio Shack) - that gets you a few inches of flex
73, geoff - W1OH Sent from my iPhone On Aug 23, 2012, at 1:29, Rick Tavan N6XI <[email protected]> wrote: > The combination that scares me is plugging in an older headset like my Heil > Proset which has a 1/4" phones plug. Through a bulky 1/4" to 1/8" adapter, > there is a lot of mass hanging off the PHONES connector on the KX3. Sure > wish the new cable package included a right-angle 3.5 male to 1/4" inline > female. Or even a right-angle 3.5 male to 3.5 inline female. At least that > would put the big, bulky stuff down on the desktop. You offer a right-angle > audio-out connector for digital ops but not for CW and SSB ops! > > /Rick N6XI > > On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 7:58 PM, Eric Swartz WA6HHQ - Elecraft < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> We -strongly-recommend that 2.5mm to 3.5mm adapters are not plugged >> directly into the IQ jack on the KX3. They can easily damage the jack if >> they are bumped, due to their longer lever arm when sticking out of the >> jack. >> >> The 2.5mm to 3.5mm cable in the KX3-PCKT has a molded 2.5mm right angle >> plug that minimizes the chance of damaging the jack. >> >> > -- > Rick Tavan N6XI > Truckee, CA > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > 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:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
