Hello Tom,
In the CQWW cw contest I operated with K9VV as VP2VVV with K2/100 and
wire antenna. On Saturday afternoon while Fred was operating, I suddenly
could hear the K2 receiver even though Fred was using a headset. We
changed headsets and that did not mute the speaker. I vaguely remember
reading on the reflector about this before. I went to the elecraft
website and tried a search but to no avail.
Anybody got the solution? I find it hard to believe that the front panel
jack could 'wear out' this quickly. I have only used the K2 in contests
about 4 times and the headphones typically go in on Friday nite and stay
there until Sunday evening. Otherwise the K2 sits in a Pelican case
awaiting its' next adventure.
I have the same problem here with my K2 #01181 since 2 or 3 months. The rig is ongoing in
use, with plug in and pull out the headphone all along. But I thing is not to be depending
on the number of plug-ins and pull-outs. Maybe the spring steel inside the jack will be
softer/lazier or the plastic material of the housing of the jack will lose it's softener
and do not hold tight, so the contacts do no longer close. I have noticed, it is not the
full sound intensity which I can hear with a pluged-in headphone from the speaker. As the
only one solution I see is to change the jack itself.
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