My headphone jack failed after 2 weeks of use. It faled the way Drew describes in his message below. I know of at least 3 more K2 owners here in Russia who had the same problem.
73, Igor UA9CDC : >I think there is confusion to what the problem part is. : > : >The headphone jack seems like a proven part. However, from what I : >have gathered in reading the archives, the external speaker jack is : >the jack that has the most failures. I know mine on 6233 has been : >crap since day one. : : I don't use the external speaker jack so can't say what, if any, : problems it has. (But I think I'm going to put my fixed-audio output : jack in its place.) It was my headphone jack which died, and fairly : quickly, killing the speaker output. : : The weak point of the headphone jack is a fragile sliding contact : which is wired in series with the speaker; so if it fails speaker : output is affected. : : 73, : Drew : AF2Z _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
