Yes, I thought that might be a reason but you can still plug in the wrong plug.
73, phil, K7PEH On Mar 17, 2013, at 9:29 PM, [email protected] wrote: > My guess would be that with different size connectors, it is harder to plug > the wrong thing into the wrong place. This makes it less likely that you > will plug an ACC1 cable into the ACC2 jack by mistake, and less likely that > you would plug headphones into the RXIQ jack, for example. > 73, Terry, WB4JFI > > > -----Original Message----- From: Phil Hystad > Sent: Monday, March 18, 2013 12:19 AM > To: [email protected] List > Subject: [Elecraft] A KX3 Curiosity Question about ACC2 and RXIQ > > On my KX3 the ACC2 and the RXIQ connectors are 2.5 mm rather than a more > common 3.5 mm. So, does anyone know why these are 2.5 mm rather than 3.5 mm. > I understand that they are smaller but looking at the KX3 and how and where > they are located I do not see that smaller is required for the design. > > Is there a good engineering design reason behind this decision? I have no > complaints but rather lots of curiosity. > > 73, phil, K7PEH > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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
