http://elecraft.85.s1.nabble.com/K3-Back-Panel-Phones-Jack-my-solution-tp4247468p4247639.html
speakers. Then I bought a long RCA to 1/4" in headphone cable that
didn't have a strain relief type thing on it. The strain relieve that
I'm talking about are the ones that don't allow the cable to split. I
directions.
pull the RCA ends into where the radio is and extract the cable. Heck
> Man... what a BIG discussion... whew!
>
> Early on with my K3, I found that having two speakers (L & R) plugged into the
> rear panel SPKR jack of the K3 was turning out to be a real P.I.T.A.
>
> I had two speakers, with somewhat lengthy (though folded up and tied) leads
> which extended left and right across the back of the K3, wound in/out of all
> of the other wires back there as well, and BOTH leads attached to a single
> stereo plug, inserted into the back of the K3.
>
> When I wanted to move the speakers, or to take them with me for a trip or demo
> I had to first unplug the plug from the back of the K3 and then 'snake' at
> least one of the speakers up/down in/out of all the other accumulated wires
> before I could manage to resurrect both speakers fro in back of the rig. It
> got to be a really tiring process... really quick!
>
> I decided to fix that problem.
>
> I designed a small PC board on which two (2) stereo phone jacks were mounted,
> and then a 7" length of 2-conductor (w/shield) cable from the PC board to a
> single stereo plug which plugged into the back of the K3. The jacks on the
> PC board were wired such that the RING on each jack was left unconnected and
> so only the TIP and SLEEVE were connected to the cable. This way, I can plug
> EITHER stereo OR mono plugs into the jacks on the PC board and not have to
> worry about shorting anything on the K3 out to ground. Additionally, and this
> is the best part for me... now, when I need to remove the speakers, all I have
> to do is to unplug each speaker from the PC board and INDIVIDUALLY unwrap any
> wires before pulling it to the front of the desk... no longer do I have to
> man-handle a big honkin' speaker, trying to unwind it from the rats nest of
> wires in back of the rig. I also have a quick and easy to unplug both speakers
> from the back of the K3 if I need to do that as well.
>
> If you like my idea, visit my web site at:
http://www.n0ss.net/index_k3.html> and drop down to the line titled: "External (Dual) Speaker Splitter
> for the K3".
>
> If there's enough interest, I might consider making some PC boards for sale,
> otherwise, I'll be happy to make the artwork available for you to make your
> own PC boards IF you're interested in doing so. If someone else wants to make
> the boards, I'll be happy to give them the artwork, too.
>
> 73,
>
> Tom N0SS
>
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