Got it, Don, and thanks to everyone else who responded as well. 73, Pete N4ZR
The World Contest Station Database, updated daily at www.conteststations.com The Reverse Beacon Network at http://reversebeacon.net, blog at reversebeacon.blogspot.com, spots at telnet.reversebeacon.net, port 7000 On 6/23/2010 3:52 PM, Don Wilhelm wrote: > Pete, > > This *is* a little confusing to many, but the jack itself is stereo - > the signal path is mono - which means that the channel connected to > the jack tip (normally the left) will be the only one used by the K3. > You can use either a mono or a stereo plug. looking with hindsight, a > better label than "mono" on those jacks would be "left channel only is > used" - and indeed that is the intent. > > The same is not true for the audio output (headphones and speaker out) > - always use a stereo plug even if you are only using one channel. > > 73, > Don W3FPR > > Pete Smith wrote: >> If I plug a standard stereo cable into the mono Line In jack on my >> K3, I assume that it will short one of the channels to ground. In >> order to connect to the Line Out of a computer sound card, does this >> mean that I need to build a special cable with a mono plug on one >> end, connected only to the tip and shell conductors of the cable, >> letting the ring float? >> >> Sorry to ask a question that must have been covered before, but I >> haven't found anything on this in the manual, and the archive of this >> reflector really isn't effectively searchable. >> > > ______________________________________________________________ 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
