[Elecraft] [K2] no speaker audio (perhaps bad headphone jack?)

2011-01-19 Thread John Shadle
Hi all, I read through the archives and am wondering if I may have fallen prey to the bad headphone jack problem. I am able to hear just fine when I have my headphones plugged in, but get no audio out of the speaker when I remove the headphones. For the record, the speaker *did* work at one

Re: [Elecraft] [K2] no speaker audio (perhaps bad headphone jack?)

2011-01-19 Thread Dave Sergeant
You have probably already checked this, but: Is the lead to the speaker plugged into P5 on th RF board? Do you get audio if you plug the headphones or a speaker into the rear Ext Speaker socket? Is the speaker itself OK, and all wiring intact? 73 Dave G3YMC On 19 Jan 2011 at 10:33, John Shadle

Re: [Elecraft] [K2] no speaker audio (perhaps bad headphone jack?)

2011-01-19 Thread Alan D. Wilcox
John, Sounds like the same symptoms I've seen with my K2 recently. When I jiggle the phone plug a bit, sometimes the spkr comes back, sometimes not. I'm about to replace the headphone jack. If I need to plug in headphones, I'll use a short plug+jack cable that'll remain plugged in. Let THAT

Re: [Elecraft] [K2] no speaker audio (perhaps bad headphone jack?)

2011-01-19 Thread John Shadle
Dave Sergeant d...@davesergeant.com wrote... You have probably already checked this, but: Is the lead to the speaker plugged into P5 on th RF board? Do you get audio if you plug the headphones or a speaker into the rear Ext Speaker socket? Is the speaker itself OK, and all wiring intact?

Re: [Elecraft] [K2] no speaker audio (perhaps bad headphone jack?)

2011-01-19 Thread Don Wilhelm
John, No Don did not sleep in this morning :-) . He has been slaving over a hot soldering iron prior to enjoying lunch at a new restaurant. Remove the right side panel and wiggle the plug for the speaker. If the speaker sound comes and goes, get a couple of new crimp pins and re-do the

Re: [Elecraft] [K2] no speaker audio (perhaps bad headphone jack?)

2011-01-19 Thread John Shadle
No audio from the external speaker output. Nothing happens when I wiggle the speaker cable (which was plugged into P5 on the RF board. Everything else appears to be just fine. I suppose the next step is to email the folks at pa...@elecraft.com... Thanks, all. -john