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K3: audio speaker jack adapter

Ralph Parker
>If you don't want to mess with soldering, Radioshack sells stereo-mono
adapter

I'd solder on a connector any day.
I don't want the potential intermittent connection of a poorly made adapter.
Maybe you don't either.

Not to mention the mechanical stress on the jack from a bunch of weighty
connectors. The fewer connections between A and B, the better.

VE7XF

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Re: K3: audio speaker jack adapter

k.igor


Sure, suite yourself. I happened to see soldering job done by some radio amateures, especially on a wires that are not really suitable for hand soldering (like cheap headphones). For most of them, adapte r is the way to go, just safer. If you plug it once and leave it be on  back side of the rig, it will not be "potentially" intermittent.  

  
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From: "Ralph Parker" <[hidden email]>
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Subject: [Elecraft] K3: audio speaker jack adapter

>If you don't want to mess with soldering, Radioshack sells stereo-mono
adapter

I'd solder on a connector any day.
I don't want the potential intermittent connection of a poorly made adapter.
Maybe you don't either.

Not to mention the mechanical stress on the jack from a bunch of weighty
connectors. The fewer connections between A and B, the better.

VE7XF

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