Thank You Don, Exactly what I expected Thank You -Neil AC2O
On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 11:21 PM, Don Wilhelm <[email protected]> wrote: > Neil, > > That is quite normal. The microphone jack pins are secured to the board, > but there is some "play" between the pins and the shell/housing of the jack. > The two standoffs are used as spacers to maintain the proper distance > between the metalwork and the front panel board - and as you indicated, to > prevent board flexing when a mic plug is removed. > You can secure the mic jack shell by removing the left side panel and > scraping some of the solder mask off the board ground plane close to the mic > jack. Then with a large tipped soldering iron, heat the mic jack shell and > the ground plane until the mic jack shell will flow solder - form a solder > bridge between the shell and the ground plane. Grounding the mic jack shell > is a good step to reducing the possibility of RF feedback, and should be > done on all K2s with the KSB2 option installed. > > 73, > Don W3FPR > > > Neil Shubert wrote: > >> Hi All, >> >> I am the proud new owner of a k2, ser# 2676 >> >> I have torn it apart and its been built really well. The only curious >> thing >> is the mic plug is a little wiggly and the 2 threaded standoffs next to >> the >> mic plug do not seem to be attached to anything, other than the board, as >> if >> they are there to prevent the board from being pulled forward. Does this >> sound normal? >> >> >> > ______________________________________________________________ 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
