Hi Steve,
In case your local Rad Shack doesn't have the item. All Electronics
www.allelectronics.com list the following item
P/N SPHJ-S which is the 3 conductor stereo w/N.C. Switches which I assume
is what you need so that without the phones plugged in the speaker is
connected. The price is $0.75 in single lots --or at least that is what the
catalog I have says
They also list an item as a 3/16 inch jack which is identified as a
Switchcraft Hi-D jack 11J3.795.954/68 an enclosed jack for a 0.206 diameter
phone plug. Don't know if this is a stereo type but might be a replacement
for those radios where the PO ripped out the Collins/Drake jacks and
installed a 1/4 inch stereo jack. The P/N is PHJ-10 and the price is an
unbelievable $1.
I have no affiliation with this company but have been a satisfied customer.
YMMV
73's
Pete N6QW
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From: "Steve Wedge" <w1es1...@earthlink.net>
Sent: Monday, November 07, 2011 4:51 AM
To: <k4...@mindspring.com>
Cc: "Drake List" <drakelist@zerobeat.net>
Subject: Re: [Drakelist] The de-modded R-4B Lives!
I've considered that, Garey, and I certainly wouldn't put one on a
hole-less example. I'm judging that a functional item in that spot will
look better than a black plug. The PO also tore up the area immediately
around the hole, and the washer used with many headphone jacks will also
conceal those scratches. RF GAIN and AGC are fairly infrequently used
controls (by me, anyway), comapared with AF GAIN, BAND and the PBT
controls.
I'll be stopping at RS on my way home to see if I can score some shorting
sockets.
73,
Steve, W1ES/4
-----Original Message-----
From: Garey Barrell <k4...@mindspring.com>
Sent: Nov 6, 2011 11:10 PM
To: Steve Wedge <w1es1...@earthlink.net>
Cc: Drake List <drakelist@zerobeat.net>
Subject: Re: [Drakelist] The de-modded R-4B Lives!
Steve -
Congratulations! Sounds good.
However ... (There's always a 'however')
If you use phones often, I think you'll find the plug to be a real PITA,
sticking way out in front of the knobs. Same for the MIC plug on the
T-4X. Based on my own experience, and the multitude of relayed gripes,
I'm guessing that's why they were omitted in the B!!!
--
73, Garey - K4OAH
St Charles, IL
Drake 2-B, 2-C/2-NT, 4-A, 4-B, C-Line
and TR-4/C Service Supplement CDs
<www.k4oah.com>
Steve Wedge wrote:
I put a stereo headphone jack where that pot used to be, but I'm going
to have to take it back out and re-do it (I haven't wired to it yet)
as I've discovered that it's not a shorting jack (so it wouldn't
disable the speaker if phones were plugged in - a bad thing). Of
course this means removing the front panel yet again (but I'm getting
good at it and can get it off and on in 15 minutes now!). The
headphone jack looks okay on the front: after all, the B-Line was the
only one not to have one there, so it's sort of like seeing a '34 hood
ornament on a '36 Ford - most people wouldn't notice it. It
definitely looks better than that extra control that was out of line
with the other four in that row!
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