Guido and all, Actually, as much speculation that adapters may be the cause of the headphone jack breakage problem with the K2, I do not believe that is the cause.
I have done "dissection" of several failed headphone jacks, and find that the little lever that operates the switch when the plug in inserted and removed has broken, so the switch cannot change from "speaker in circuit" and "speaker out of circuit". Unfortunately, there are no substitutes that are more durable, and Elecraft has not been successful in convincing the manufacturer that a more durable switch actuating arm is necessary, so we are left with replacing the headphone jack whenever it fails. For those who do not want to replace the jack, you can jumper over the contacts that connect/disconnect the speaker and put a plug into the rear panel EXT SPKR jack when you wish to disable the speaker. This is definitely a "work-around", bu it does work effectively. 73, Don W3FPR On 9/12/2012 8:25 PM, Ron D'Eau Claire wrote: > Great story Guido! > > May I recommend a right-angle adapter be used for the phones, even if you > have the small connector. It's easy to bump a connector sticking straight > out from the K2 and damage the jack. It happens faster if it's a large plug > and jack. > > 73, Ron AC7AC > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Guido Tedeschi > Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2012 2:03 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Elecraft] Super customer service (as usual...) > > Last month, I borrowed my dear K2 to a friend that used an old headphones > with heavy 6.3mm plug and an heavy 6.3mm jack to 3.5mm adapter. > When my rig was back at home, I discovered that the headphones jack was > damaged, because I had audio only on headphones: no audio on speaker, with > headphones unplugged. > :-( > On Elecraft Web site I had seen than that jack was available as spare parts, > but, at the end of the order, the cheapest shipping to Italy was > $40 (for only few bucks for two jacks...) :-( So, I have written to > [email protected], asking for a cheaper shipping of these two small parts > and asking for the amount that I should have paid via PayPal. > At the end of the story, the next day the two jacks were shipped by Richard > at absolutely no cost, not even the shipping cost! > After 10 days (in Italy it was holidays period), I received the parts and > repaired my K2 :-) So, a very big thanks to Elecraft and, after many years > now, its customer service is still the best! > 73 de Guido, ik2bcp > K1 #1096 - K2 #5167 > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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
