[Elecraft] K3 Phone Plug
A trick I have used on male XLR connectors, and it would probably work on others too, is to use a good old reliable wooden pencil with an eraser on the end. Drill a hole in the eraser just big enough for the male pin to be pushed into it with a bit of force. Push the pin in and give the pencil a few turns, and the connector will look as good as new. I haven't found a similar trick for female connectors. jim Please ignore all the changes in font in my message - my email client does that just to mess with my head. Jim Farmer, K4BSE Mobile 678-640-0860 jofar...@mindspring.com (spam blocked) Personal web site: http://home.mindspring.com/~jofarmer/index.html Boss lady: http://www.kathysflute.com/ Youngest daughter: http://www.joyfarmerclary.com/ "A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both." Dwight D. Eisenhower, Inaugural Address, January 20, 1953 On 12/25/2014 8:10 AM, elecraft-requ...@mailman.qth.net wrote: I ran into this years ago it turned out to be the Plug and not the jack. a simple fix is to wrap a piece of fine sandpaper (600+ grit) and wrap it around the plug and twist. Some plugs seem to have a slight film on them ant this removes it __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] K3 phone plug
I ran into this years ago it turned out to be the Plug and not the jack. a simple fix is to wrap a piece of fine sandpaper (600+ grit) and wrap it around the plug and twist. Some plugs seem to have a slight film on them ant this removes it From: W2BLC To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Tuesday, December 23, 2014 8:29 AM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 phone plug I had that problem early on and figured it was a film of some kind on the innards of the jack - had to wiggle the plug to get it to work. So I used some of that high dollar contact cleaner on the plug and then while it was still dripping wet, plugged it in and twisted it around for a few seconds. That fixed the problem. Your mileage may vary! Bill W2BLC K-Line __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to hlyin...@yahoo.com __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] K3 phone plug
On 12/24/2014 4:26 AM, Mike K2MK wrote: Hi John, Are you sure your external speaker is plugged in to the speaker jack and not the rear headphone jack? 73, Mike K2MK John McBee-2 wrote Problem still exist, however I have discovered that if I turn on spkr+ph to on, I have audio fine without headphones plugged in, but if I change it to spkr+ph to NO then the audio in speaker shuts off with no headphones plugged in. I have sprayed my phone connector plug with Eledtronic cleaner and put in phone jack and turned it and still no audio out speaker with phone plug out. When I turned on my K3 this evening before doing the test, I could not get any audio out speaker at all. Before it was hit and miss. So question again, cud it be phone plug on the K3 or firmware issue? Firmware agn is MCU 4.86. Thanks John -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/K3-phone-plub-tp7596284p7596323.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to jrmc...@cox.net I don't have an external speaker plugged into the K3. I'm using the front headphone jack for the headphones only. John __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] K3 phone plug
Hi John, Are you sure your external speaker is plugged in to the speaker jack and not the rear headphone jack? 73, Mike K2MK John McBee-2 wrote > Problem still exist, however I have discovered that if I turn on spkr+ph > to on, I have audio fine without headphones plugged in, but if I change > it to spkr+ph to NO then the audio in speaker shuts off with no > headphones plugged in. I have sprayed my phone connector plug with > Eledtronic cleaner and put in phone jack and turned it and still no > audio out speaker with phone plug out. When I turned on my K3 this > evening before doing the test, I could not get any audio out speaker at > all. Before it was hit and miss. So question again, cud it be phone > plug on the K3 or firmware issue? Firmware agn is MCU 4.86. > > Thanks > John -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/K3-phone-plub-tp7596284p7596323.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] K3 phone plug
On 12/23/2014 7:29 AM, W2BLC wrote: I had that problem early on and figured it was a film of some kind on the innards of the jack - had to wiggle the plug to get it to work. So I used some of that high dollar contact cleaner on the plug and then while it was still dripping wet, plugged it in and twisted it around for a few seconds. That fixed the problem. Your mileage may vary! Bill W2BLC K-Line __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to jrmcbee@cox.n Problem still exist, however I have discovered that if I turn on spkr+ph to on, I have audio fine without headphones plugged in, but if I change it to spkr+ph to NO then the audio in speaker shuts off with no headphones plugged in. I have sprayed my phone connector plug with Eledtronic cleaner and put in phone jack and turned it and still no audio out speaker with phone plug out. When I turned on my K3 this evening before doing the test, I could not get any audio out speaker at all. Before it was hit and miss. So question again, cud it be phone plug on the K3 or firmware issue? Firmware agn is MCU 4.86. Thanks John __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] K3 phone plug
I had that problem early on and figured it was a film of some kind on the innards of the jack - had to wiggle the plug to get it to work. So I used some of that high dollar contact cleaner on the plug and then while it was still dripping wet, plugged it in and twisted it around for a few seconds. That fixed the problem. Your mileage may vary! Bill W2BLC K-Line __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com