The "wiggle" is often that the jacks are designed for 3.5mm plugs as opposed to 1/8" (3.2mm). Almost all new manufacturing is done with 3.5mm jacks.
73, ... Joe, W4TV > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of S Sacco > Sent: Friday, March 12, 2010 9:14 PM > To: Jim McDonald > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3: rear microphone plug problem > > > I'll second Knut's comment. > > > > On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 5:27 PM, Jim McDonald <[email protected]> wrote: > > To minimize wear on the jacks, I use a Radio Shack "Stereo Audio > > Source Selector" 3-way switch which is plugged into the K3 speaker > > jack. It selects either the powered Sony computer speakers > or one of > > two headphones, one of which is a Heil Proset Plus. > > > > Jim N7US > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > Hi, > > > > I have also recently moved my Heil proset to the rear and so far I > > have not had any problems. With that said, I don't have a very > > comfortable feeling about the quality of the 1/8" sockets > on the K3. > > There is a lot of wiggle and the plugs don't seem to seat > properly in > > the sockets. I am not sure if there is such a thing as a > quality 1/8" > > phone socket, especially the stereo ones. I wish Elecraft (and Heil > > for that matter) had avoided them. > > > > AB2TC - KNut > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > > 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 > > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 ______________________________________________________________ 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
