K2 Speaker

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When pulling out the head phones from the jack I do not have the K2 speaker working. Just the head phones speakers.
I am using the Heil Proset head set.
Would that indicate a bad head phones jack?How hard is it to replace? 73! Tomy KF7GC

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[Don Wilhelm-4]

Tomy,

Yes, that does indicate that the switch at the back of the headphone
jack has failed.

No it is not hard to replace *if* you know which screws to remove to
expose the jack.
If you do not have good desoldering equipment, crush the plastic part of
the jack with pliers or whatever tool works,  then remove the leads one
at a time.  Clean up with solder wick and if the holes still have solder
in them, heat the solder pads and push a wooden toothpick or a stainless
steel needle through to clear the hole.  Do not use anything that will
damage the thru-plating that is inside the hole.

If you do not know how to disassemble the K2, send me an off-list email
and I will send you the instructions.

73,
Don W3FPR

On 3/4/2015 2:32 PM, Tomy wrote:
> When pulling out the head phones from the jack I do not have the K2 speaker working. Just the head phones speakers.
> I am using the Heil Proset head set.
> Would that indicate a bad head phones jack?How hard is it to replace? 73! Tomy KF7GC
>
>

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[Don Wilhelm-4]

I just found my instruction for disassembling the K2 on the web at
http://www.qsl.net/wy3a/Replace_K2_Headphone_Jack.htm.

The instructions are specifically for the K2/100, but if you have the
K2/10, removing the top cover is similar to the instructions for
removing the KPA100.

73,
Don W3FPR

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Tomy,

Yes, that does indicate that the switch at the back of the headphone
jack has failed.

No it is not hard to replace *if* you know which screws to remove to
expose the jack.
If you do not have good desoldering equipment, crush the plastic part of
the jack with pliers or whatever tool works,  then remove the leads one
at a time.  Clean up with solder wick and if the holes still have solder
in them, heat the solder pads and push a wooden toothpick or a stainless
steel needle through to clear the hole.  Do not use anything that will
damage the thru-plating that is inside the hole.

If you do not know how to disassemble the K2, send me an off-list email
and I will send you the instructions.

73,
Don W3FPR

On 3/4/2015 2:32 PM, Tomy wrote:
> When pulling out the head phones from the jack I do not have the K2 speaker working. Just the head phones speakers.
> I am using the Heil Proset head set.
> Would that indicate a bad head phones jack?How hard is it to replace? 73! Tomy KF7GC
>
>

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[Dave, W8OV]

For those who have inquired about the Nifty Mini-Manual, Bernie, N6FN,
the publisher has informed me that:

"What we have decided to do for those folks [who] may still want the
operating guide is to offer them in our large print format.

The large print versions are enlarged to the maximum size that can be
printed on 8.5x11 inch heavy duty paper.  We do not inventory large
print formats of our guides, they are produced on-demand when someone
orders one.

We expect to have the K2 large print version available for order as a
normal buy button on our Elecraft guides page by the end of next week --
March 13th, or perhaps a few days earlier."  www.niftyaccessories.com

--Dave W8OV

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[Petr, OK1RP/M0SIS]

Hi Tomy,

it sounds like the problem with headphones jack on front pannel.
The same happened over here with my K2. It is still sleeping on the shelf as front panel removing is needed. ;(

73 - Petr, OK1RP
K2 #4800

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When I ordered my K2, I added a spare PA kit and a spare headphone jack to the order, just in case ;-)

73, Matt VK2RQ

> On 5 Mar 2015, at 9:18 pm, ok1rp <[hidden email]> wrote:
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> Hi Tomy,
>
> it sounds like the problem with headphones jack on front pannel.
> The same happened over here with my K2. It is still sleeping on the shelf as
> front panel removing is needed. ;(
>
> 73 - Petr, OK1RP
> K2 #4800
>
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[Petr, OK1RP/M0SIS]

Hi Don,

many thanks for dissasembling instruction sharing! It seems that it will force me to replace the jack in my K2 and giving the radio back to my daddy. (he must operate with K1 as backup because of me...)

73 - Petr, OK1RP