Thanks Wayne and everyone else who responded! I should be able to get in touch with support sometime next week.
Anyway, I figured it was something like being metric instead of imperial. It would be nice if everything was the same for sure. -Mooneer K6AQ On Fri, Aug 28, 2020 at 4:27 PM N6KR <n...@elecraft.com> wrote: > It's metric. If you need one, we'll send it at no charge. Please contact > support. > > 73, > Wayne > N6KR > > > > On Aug 28, 2020, at 4:24 PM, Rich NE1EE <73.de.ne...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > It is easy to cross thread nuts and screws this way. IME, machine > threads...which is likely what you have here...either work or they don't. > You should be able to get at least 2 clean, easy rotations. And that is for > a nut that is going on a bolt/stud that will not stand proud of the nut > when it is tight. That likely applies to many of the screws and nuts in the > Elecraft equipment. Folks who "think" that they have a good match and that > the nut just needs to be "tightened" wind up cross threading, and then you > be lucky a) get the nut off, and b) get the correct one to fit. This works > for all sizes...right up to, and past, engine block studs and nuts. > (Experience.) Many are the times that I have wrapped my hand around a > manifold, to a stud I can't see, and gently rotated the nut until I was > sure that I had a proper fit. > > > > Now...back to the KX3...this comes as a kit, yes? Then perhaps the kit > manual calls out the nut size. > > > > On 2020-08-28 13:34:-0700, Mooneer Salem wrote: > >> Tried some normal 1/4"-20 hex nuts from Lowe's too (much too thick mind > you, but should at least confirm if the diameter/TPI are correct) and no > such luck.� > >> > >> Interestingly, I took off the nut from a spare SMA pigtail and it was > able to mate it with the microphone connector. However, I couldn't rotate > it past 1/2 turn or so and I didn't want to force it with tools and > potentially damage the jack. If it was the correct size, I'd have been able > to tighten it much further by hand, right? > >> > >> -Mooneer K6AQ > >> > >> On Fri, Aug 28, 2020 at 1:21 PM hawley, charles j jr <<mailto: > c-haw...@illinois.edu>c-haw...@illinois.edu> wrote: > >> 1/4"-20� I think > >> > >> Chuck Hawley > >> � <mailto:c-haw...@illinois.edu>c-haw...@illinois.edu > >> � > >> � Amateur Radio, KE9UW > >> � aka Jack, BMW Motorcycles� > >> > >> > >> ---------- > >> From: <mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net> > elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net <<mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net > >elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net> on behalf of Mooneer Salem <<mailto: > moon...@gmail.com>moon...@gmail.com> > >> Sent: Friday, August 28, 2020 3:12 PM > >> To: Elecraft Reflector <<mailto:elecraft@mailman.qth.net> > elecraft@mailman.qth.net>; <mailto:elecraft...@groups.io> > elecraft...@groups.io <<mailto:elecraft...@groups.io>elecraft...@groups.io > > > >> Subject: [Elecraft] KX3 microphone nut size > >> � > >> Hi all, > >> > >> Does anyone know what exactly would replace the microphone nut on the > KX3? > >> (I seem to have somehow misplaced mine.) The jack itself seemed to > measure > >> 1/4" OD but some 1/4"-32 panel nuts that I found don't seem to screw > into > >> it. > >> > >> Thanks, > >> > >> -Mooneer K6AQ > >> ______________________________________________________________ > >> Elecraft mailing list > >> Home: <http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft> > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > >> Help: <http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm> > http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > >> Post: <mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net>mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > >> > >> This list hosted by: <http://www.qsl.net>http://www.qsl.net > >> Please help support this email list: <http://www.qsl.net/donate.html> > http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > >> Message delivered to <mailto:c-haw...@illinois.edu> > c-haw...@illinois.edu > >> > >> > > > > > > ~R~ > > 72/73 de Rich NE1EE > > On the banks of the Piscataqua > > > > > > > > -- > > 72/73 de Rich NE1EE > > On the banks of the Piscataqua > > > > > > > > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. > > View/Reply Online (#67320): https://groups.io/g/Elecraft-KX/message/67320 > Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/76482569/244332 > Group Owner: elecraft-kx+ow...@groups.io > Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/Elecraft-KX/leave/4393955/225655173/xyzzy > [moon...@gmail.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
