I wonder how many headphone jack failures are the result of hitting the headphone plug when the AF Gain control is rotated - the two are quite close, and yes that jack will not tolerate a lot of lateral motion before failing.
I just though of a 'cure', wire up a short extension with flexible wire (buy a short headphone extension cord and cut about 4 inches from the jack end), and then wire a right angle 3.5mm plug (such as Mouser 171-3308-EX) to the end that will plug into the K2. 73, Don W3FPR > -----Original Message----- > > I am on my 3rd jack. I read a suggestion that overheating during > soldering weakens the jack so I was extra careful this time. But I > recently saw a new, profesionally-built K2 that had a broken jack. I > think this problem is more common than was thought. > 73, > Leigh/WA5ZNU > -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.430 / Virus Database: 268.15.2/559 - Release Date: 11/30/2006 5:07 AM _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
