And nobody actually responded to my question...Please, guys, if
you don't really have an answer or experience with the actual
question, please don't waste bandwidth... My question was known
to be a long shot and I already have a working fix. It is just ugly and
sticks out awkwardly from the front panel. And, no, I don't want
two different types of headphones floating around the shack.
>The Corsair II was built before stereo headphones were widely used
>by the amateur community. So... we decided to see if we could replace
>the mono jack with a stereo one, appropriately wired, etc. We bought
>a likely item and opened up the radio. It turns out the jack needs to have
>a rectangular profile and have an extra long threaded 'neck' to get
>>through the outer panel. I didn't find anything like that in my old
>Mouser catalog, etc. Has anyone tried this mod? If so, where did
>you find the jack?
>
>Yes, I know I can build up a mono to stereo cable/jack/plug to do the
>job but that is something to forget when setting up in the field. (In fact
>I have already made up one).
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73 Allan K7GT
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