The suggested remedy for this was to use the rear phones jack and keep the phones connected at all times. Set CONFIG SPKR + PHONES set to YES. This way they're both on all the time and you just pick up your phones when you need them.
------------------------- 73, Greg - AB7R Whidbey Island WA NA-065 K3#0009 On Thu Jan 17 5:56 , [EMAIL PROTECTED] sent: >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 _______________________________________________ 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
