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Bruce Nourish

KX2 and Pomona min-banana plugs

Hi folks,

Had lots of fun with my Elecraft gear this weekend. Only one thing caught
me by surprise, that I figured was worth telling others about: The mini
banana jack ground on the KX2 doesn't seem to be compatible with the
mini-banana jacks and plugs sold by Pomona (e.g. #3296, #2945); the Pomona
diameter is larger.

This surprised me, because the KX1 documentation refers to the Pomona jacks
and plugs as "mini-banana", so I assumed I would just be able to plug my
wire antennas, which run to Pomona mini-banana jacks, into the ground port,
but that didn't work. As far as I know, only the KX2GNDPLUG sold by
Elecraft will fit that jack.

Not a big deal, just thought this might be useful to people ordering a KX2.

Bruce
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w4sc-2

KX2 and Pomona min-banana plugs

I have Pomona 2945-1 plug that fits great.
de Ben W4SC
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Bruce Nourish

Re: KX2 and Pomona min-banana plugs

Huh... mine don't. Maybe they're bent wider from months of abuse in
backpacks?

On Tue, Jun 28, 2016, 19:19 w4sc <[hidden email]> wrote:

> I have Pomona 2945-1 plug that fits great.
> de Ben W4SC
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wayne burdick

Re: KX2 and Pomona min-banana plugs

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Mini-bananas will fit in a .104" inch hole, like the one on the KX2's left side panel. Regular banana plugs requires something like .175".

Wayne
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On Jun 28, 2016, at 7:18 PM, "w4sc" <[hidden email]> wrote:

Bruce Nourish

Re: KX2 and Pomona min-banana plugs

Hmm... I guess mine are bent out of shape a little, or maybe I just haven't
tried pushing hard enough. I'll buy some new ones and see what happens.

Thanks!

On Tue, Jun 28, 2016 at 8:51 PM Wayne Burdick <[hidden email]> wrote:

> Mini-bananas will fit in a .104" inch hole, like the one on the KX2's left
> side panel. Regular banana plugs requires something like .175".
>
> Wayne
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> > I have Pomona 2945-1 plug that fits great.
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w4sc-2

Re: KX2 and Pomona min-banana plugs

It is a bit of a tight fit.. make sure you have the plug axially aligned with the hole.

From: Bruce Nourish
Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2016 1:48 PM
To: Wayne Burdick ; w4sc
Cc: Elecraft
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] KX2 and Pomona min-banana plugs

Hmm... I guess mine are bent out of shape a little, or maybe I just haven't tried pushing hard enough. I'll buy some new ones and see what happens.

Thanks!

On Tue, Jun 28, 2016 at 8:51 PM Wayne Burdick <[hidden email]> wrote:

Mini-bananas will fit in a .104" inch hole, like the one on the KX2's left side panel. Regular banana plugs requires something like .175".

Wayne
N6KR

On Jun 28, 2016, at 7:18 PM, "w4sc" <[hidden email]> wrote:

> I have Pomona 2945-1 plug that fits great.
> de Ben W4SC
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