I was reconfiguring some things around for SS this evening.
Coming out of the KEY jack on the rear panel I have one of those 1/4"
male to dual 1/4" female splitters. One line from the splitter goes to
the computer parallel keying interface and the other to a stand-alone
keyer. With the bail opened to elevate the front of the K3 up, I
discovered an intermittent in keying the radio.
I think what happened is the added length of the splitter is hitting the
operating desk and probably broke the 1/4 inch phone jack connection to
the PCB. Has anyone seen this before? I was able to go back to using
only the computer keying and after SS I'll open up the radio and likely
re-solder the 1/4" jack.
Assuming I can get this fixed, the long-term fix is to get a short 1/4"
male plug, maybe a rt angle guitar cable, and put the splitter away from
the radio. There are so many plugs so close together in the back of the
radio one needs to make sure this doesn't happen on other jacks. The K3
is the first radio I've owned that had the jacks so close to the
operating desk.
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73,
Gary K9GS
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