Re: [Elecraft] Regarding K3 12v RCA rear socket - many thanks

2016-09-16 Thread Guy Olinger K2AV
On Friday, September 16, 2016, Robin Moseley wrote: > RCA sockets are designed to grip the centre pin at 4mm inserion.. the > standard pin length is 8.5mm Hmm. Then how do you account for http://www.farnell.com/cad/436556.pdf?_ga=1.267275786.520606856.1474066281 pin

Re: [Elecraft] Regarding K3 12v RCA rear socket - many thanks

2016-09-16 Thread Robin Moseley
RCA sockets are designed to grip the centre pin at 4mm inserion.. the standard pin length is 8.5mm __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post:

Re: [Elecraft] Regarding K3 12v RCA rear socket - many thanks

2016-09-16 Thread Guy Olinger K2AV
There also is an issue that caused me a lot of grief until I figured it out: some pins on RCA plugs are not long enough to contact the tongues on some RCA jacks. This could be an issue with the shoulders of the jacks or the shape of the shell of the plug. But the result is that the pin just

[Elecraft] Regarding K3 12v RCA rear socket - many thanks

2016-09-16 Thread g4urt
To those who replied to my plea... Many thanks for your input. Delving further into the rig it seems that when you put an RCA plug into the socket it bends the centre tab down to complete a circuit and gives the 12vhaving checked the volts etc there is 12v (fuse is fine) at the base of the