[Elecraft] Motorola communications speakers

[kc4kgu@EnterZone.Net]

On Thu, 1 Aug 2002 DHK2BOB@aol.com wrote:

> Would everyone agree that an external speaker will provide more than enough 
> volume in any situation?  I picked up a Motorola external speaker at a 
> hamfest (probably ripped out of a police car some place) and I get ear 
> splitting volume from the K2 and even from the tiny Kenwood THF6a HT.  I find 
> that audio amps often provide plenty of power and it is just the speaker that 
> isn't delivering to the ears. 73,
> Bob WB2DHK


There is, BAR NONE, no finer communications speaker in the world than the
Motorola.  I have several of them in service in my vehicles.  I have one
very old one (It weighs about 3-lbs and is in an original metal case vs
the new plastic cased ones) that I use as an external PA speaker.  With
the TM-D700A, I can drive it (volume at 1 o'clock) loud enough to hear
inside a store (plainly) when the vehicle is in the parking lot.  We're
talking about make-your-ears-bleed, mind-melting volume.

These are 6" (I believe) 4-ohm speakers though.  They are designed to be
audible with a 460 cubic inch police interceptor turning 6000RPM at
140Mph, window down, siren on.

73 de John - KC4KGU
K2/100 #2490