I would suspect the ACC and RXIQ jacks are much less used than the larger KEY and PHONES jacks. Speaking of jacks, I'd like to repeat publicly a request I've made through Elecraft channels: That the CW KEY1 and CW KEY2 menus have an option for "NONE". That way, a mono 3.5mm plug could be used to connect to an external key or keyer, by setting the Ring to NONE. 73 - Jim K8MR In a message dated 3/18/2013 1:01:39 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes:
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
