Good idea Brendan, however I am trying to reduce the number of interconnects in the shack, not increase them. I recently went thru a tidy up and get rid of unnecessary cabling in the shack exercise...
I will have a look at the jack socket positioning on my K3 as you mentioned. 73 Stewart G3RXQ On Sun, 25 Apr 2010 18:05:34 +0000, Brendan Minish wrote: > I use an old audio patch bay to manage the I/O connections for my K3(s) > this makes it very easy to reroute things and significantly reduces the > need to reach around the back of the radio. > > http://ei6iz.com/?p=4 > > patch bays can be found on ebay and normalised (or half normalised) > paths can be used for your default configuration so that you will only > need to use patch cables when you wish to alter how something is > connected by default > > 1/8" mini-jacks are not the most solid of connectors so one does need to > be careful with them. It is also worth checking to ensure that the board > that carries the jack sockets (KIO3 audio daugherboard) is not pushed > too far back causing the rear panel to prevent the jacks from going all > the way in. > how far this goes in is set by the black spacer fitted to J91, in one of > the K3's I have put together this was a little too far back, it can be > adjusted out by (carefully) using a small screwdriver to move it > forwards a few mm on the pins of j91 > > the minijacks themselves are standard parts and all the usual parts > suppliers should have them should yours need replacing > > > Stewart wrote: >> I have found that a number of these sockets on my K3 are becoming loose. >> Frequently I have to reseat the headphone plug because one channel is >> missing audio. >> Also if I move them I get scratching noises. They weren't the greatest when >> I first built >> my K3, but they are definitely getting worse. ______________________________________________________________ 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
