K1 headphone jack

[Michael Byrd]

Good morning,

I know this is a known issue with some headphone jacks for the K1 and K2s. I found my internal speaker isn't working any longer and know the issue is with the jack itself. I have the replacement jack to install now and I have a question about this. Is the replacement jack the same or is this an improved version?  I use headphones only to copy CW  but would like to listen as I work on projects. It is a lot of trouble to swap the onboard jack that would just fail again in time. I would rather not risk any damage to the K1s board at this time if the repair isn't a permanent solution.

Mike, AC4UR
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[Frank Krozel]

Have seen that before but….. usually ’someone’ before me had some sort of 6” adapters coming out of the panel to go to their speaker cord, and the length just stressed the jack too much.
On the ones that I built I have never seen that issue.  I like the KX3 right angle approach for all the cables coming out of the radio…. And… no adapters!

Frank KG9H

> On Nov 23, 2015, at 8:03 AM, [hidden email] wrote:
>
> Good morning,
>
> I know this is a known issue with some headphone jacks for the K1 and K2s. I found my internal speaker isn't working any longer and know the issue is with the jack itself. I have the replacement jack to install now and I have a question about this. Is the replacement jack the same or is this an improved version?  I use headphones only to copy CW  but would like to listen as I work on projects. It is a lot of trouble to swap the onboard jack that would just fail again in time. I would rather not risk any damage to the K1s board at this time if the repair isn't a permanent solution.
>
> Mike, AC4UR
> http://sunbyrdpress.blogspot.com
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[vk2rq]

Replacement jack is the same. If Elecraft were able find a better option, they would already be supplying it as standard. I run my radio into an audio mixer that has outputs with independent level controls to headphones and monitor speakers. Avoids having to plug/unplug headphones from the radio all the time.

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On 24 novembre 2015 at 1:05:43 AM, [hidden email] ([hidden email]) wrote:

Good morning,  

I know this is a known issue with some headphone jacks for the K1 and K2s. I found my internal speaker isn't working any longer and know the issue is with the jack itself. I have the replacement jack to install now and I have a question about this. Is the replacement jack the same or is this an improved version? I use headphones only to copy CW but would like to listen as I work on projects. It is a lot of trouble to swap the onboard jack that would just fail again in time. I would rather not risk any damage to the K1s board at this time if the repair isn't a permanent solution.  

Mike, AC4UR  
http://sunbyrdpress.blogspot.com 
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[Don Wilhelm-4]

Actually, the failure is because the lever that operates the switch at
the rear of the jack has broken.
That failure has nothing to do with lateral forces on the key jack, but
is a failure that is related more to the number of times the headphone
jack has been inserted and removed.  If the lever is not operated, it is
not likely to fail.

73,
Don W3FPR

On 11/23/2015 1:06 PM, Ron D'Eau Claire wrote:
> The problem seems to be the leverage the plug provides to allow the plug to
> move inside the jack and damage the switch if the phones cord is tugged.
>
> My K2 has the original jack after many hours of use, but as it happens I
> have a right-angle plug so there is no long lever to apply force on the
> internal components in the jack if I tug on the cord accidentally.
>
>

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