On Wed, 16 Jan 2008 18:48:47 +0000, "David Ferrington, M0XDF" wrote:
>I find I'm plugging the phones line on my Proset, in and out of the front >phones socket quite a lot (> 20 times a day perhaps) >Anyone any idea of the durability the socket? That is also how I use the headphones: constantly jumping between them and speaker. When I replaced the jack on my K2 I decided to add a headphone/speaker switch on the rear panel. I can switch back and forth between headphones and speaker with no worry about wearing out the jack. But apart from the durability issue, the headphone/speaker switch is amazingly more convenient. Some commercial grade receivers have this feature; not sure if there is any ham gear which has it. Doesn't the K3 have a 1/4" jack (vs 1/8")? That alone will make it a lot more durable. Still, sure would like to have a headphone/speaker switch. I guess my question would be: how strong is the insertion force on the jack? If it's more than about 4 or 5 pounds you will have to hold the radio down to plug and unplug it; IOW, a two-handed operation. 73, Drew AF2Z _______________________________________________ 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
