That is my recollection as well. The standard was 1/8" for a long time,
originally as a mono connector, until many personal electronics products
manufactured outside of the USA started showing up with 3.5mm plugs & jacks.
Had they wanted to adopt the existing standard but use metric naming, it c
Gerry leary"
To: "Mark Petiford"
Cc:
Sent: Monday, March 17, 2014 7:22 AM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Powerpole police here
Some of the old one eighth inch plugs out of the 60s will not make contact
in the newer jacks. These are the two conductor type. So I think that
years ago a
till recalls seeing connectors that wouldn't quite fit together
> correctly, but I don't have any that I can find now...and I have some pretty
> old junk. Just ask my wife! ;-)
>
> 73
> Mark
> KE6BB
>
> From: Charlie T, K3ICH
> Sent: Sat, Mar
nd now...and I have some pretty
old junk. Just ask my wife! ;-)
73
Mark
KE6BB
From: Charlie T, K3ICH
Sent: Sat, Mar 15, 2014 at 09:35 PM
To:
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Powerpole police here
That doesn't answer my question. Are they REALLY 0.137795 inches or
On 3/15/2014 2:51 AM, David Ferrington, M0XDF wrote:
3.5mm & 1/8" are not quite the same size, so if you've put a 1/8" plug in a 3.5
mm socket, you might find this problem.
The two dimensions are descriptive, and which is used depends on the
commonly used measurement system in the countries i
I do have calipers, and I just measured 8 of the plugs I have in stock.
They were ordered both as 1/8 inch and 3.5mm plugs, and they all measure
0.135 inches.
Unless you have very old true 1/8 inch plugs (likely mono), I don't
believe you have any fit problems.
The current "1/8 inch" and "3.5
is 3.5mm just a rounded off way to describe the same physical part
using two different measurement standards?
73, Charlie k3ICH
- Original Message - From: "David Ferrington, M0XDF"
To: "Charlie T, K3ICH"
Sent: Saturday, March 15, 2014 2:26 PM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft]
t might be possible to see
the difference.
Thanks, Charlie k3ICH
- Original Message -
From: "David Cutter"
To: "Charlie T, K3ICH" ;
Sent: Saturday, March 15, 2014 7:15 PM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Powerpole police here
There really are 2 different standards, ie the
harlie T, K3ICH"
To:
Sent: Saturday, March 15, 2014 10:36 PM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Powerpole police here
That doesn't answer my question. Are they REALLY 0.137795 inches or
is 3.5mm just a rounded off way to describe the same physical part using
two different measurement
You're a radio amateur, Charlie, so you really should be able to figure
this out yourself. There more than a 10% difference between .125 and
.137795. Is that quite a difference? That's more than the difference
between a .38 cal. bullet and a .40 cal. bullet. Are those interchangeable?
73,
Scot
uot;Charlie T, K3ICH"
Sent: Saturday, March 15, 2014 2:26 PM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Powerpole police here
3.5mm is 0.137795 inches, 1/8 = .125, that's quite a difference in terms of
a good contact.
-- 73 de M0XDF
Sent from my iPad
On 15 Mar 2014, at 13:16, "Charlie T, K3ICH&
3.5mm & 1/8" are not quite the same size, so if you've put a 1/8" plug in a 3.5
mm socket, you might find this problem.
I have no problems with my K3.
73 de David, M0XDF (K3 #174, P3 #108)
--
If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts; but if he
will be content to begin with do
into the audio type by serendipity (right next to
the car wash).
73,
Jan, KX2A
Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2014 12:21:59 -0700 (PDT)
From: ab2tc
To:elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Powerpole police here
Message-ID:<1394738519716-7585460.p...@n2.nabble.com>
Content-Type: text
OK...this is getting out of hand. I would suggest Elecraft make the cutout in
the
back panel of the K3 a bit taller over the chassis mount PP connectors. This
would
allow the use of the retaining clip and prevent this problem. I would have done
this
long ago but I didn't want to hack up the b
So, because someone disagrees with you, he is an idiot? Did the Internet
make you forget your manners?
There is no reason for anyone on this list to make comments like yours,
ever. We're discussing Powerpoles, not religion or politics.
Scott, N9AA
On 3/13/14 3:14 PM, Roger D Johnson wrote:
Hi,
I kind of hope he will not kill this thread. I really have no problem with
APP. I assemble my own, I solder them, I know how to click them together and
I have no problem with them separating from their mate or falling apart. By
far the worst connector to pull out or make connection problems on
: [Elecraft] Powerpole police here
I kind of hope that Eric comes in and kills this thread.
I have NEVER had the power poles "fall out" of the back of my K3. That said, I
don't pick up my radio and try to throw it across
the room, I don't have my cables arranged where I
Or at least kill your idiotic comments!
On 3/13/2014 2:53 PM, GRANT YOUNGMAN wrote:
I kind of hope that Eric comes in and kills this thread.
I have NEVER had the power poles “fall out” of the back of my K3. That said, I
don’t pick up my radio and try to throw it across the room, I don’t have
I kind of hope that Eric comes in and kills this thread.
I have NEVER had the power poles “fall out” of the back of my K3. That said, I
don’t pick up my radio and try to throw it across the room, I don’t have my
cables arranged where I can easily get them tangled in my feet and pull them
loose
Ok...Let me ask YOU. Do you own a K3 and have you done this?
73, Roger
On 3/13/2014 2:22 PM, Art Bross wrote:
Careful, Bill. You're about to be flamed by the Power Pole Police! You
know, those
that insist that insist that it takes 2700 lbs of force to disconnect PPs
or that you, in
your stup
>> Careful, Bill. You're about to be flamed by the Power Pole Police! You
>> know, those
>> that insist that insist that it takes 2700 lbs of force to disconnect PPs
>> or that you, in
>> your stupidity, have assembled the connectors improperly!
>>
>> I've had them come apart several times whe
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