[Elecraft] Volume increase wanted

[Mike McCoy]

I'm with Dan on this one. That some are saying they have plenty of audio
then relatively speaking I must have fairly low audio output on my K2 as
well.  With the preamp off, in an otherwise quiet environment and using the
internal speaker I have to turn AF gain to at least 12 to be able to hear
much of anything 'effectively'.  Even using full cup headphones I can crank
the audio gain up to max and it's not the least bit uncomfortable.

I've done the headphone mod (parallel R35/36 w/ 22 ohm resistors) and this
makes it at least adequate for listening using 8 ohm (Radioshack 'Scanner'
and other) headphones.  It's a bit louder/better plugging the headphones
into the rear speaker out but not by much. I know the low impedance isn't
helping but it doesn't explain the low speaker volume and/or low audio
output overall.

Not wanting to blast the audio but I sure am curious why others apparently
have a normally higher audio out than me & Dan. Obviously something is at
least 'different' (if not wrong) with my K2 relative to others and I'd like
to figure out what it is. It's bugging the bejesus outta me. I've looked at
the reflector archives, seen others report the same issue but no ideas why
or fixes.

Mike - AD5IU


> You didn't say which rig.  But with boht my K1 and K2, I run the AF gain
> at about 10 o'clock and have plenty of audio (and I'm half deaf,
literally).
>
> Methinks there is something wrong in your rig.  I'd go here
>
> http://www.qsl.net/ve3mcf/elecraft_reflect/index.html
>
> And see if you can find something useful.
>
> 73, Phil
>
> ham_tech@juno.com wrote:
>
> >Hi;
> >
> >Is there a way to have much louder audio coming out through the speaker,
> >for all bands, so that I don't have to bend over the spk to hear it or
> >wear headphones too much?
> >
> >I just want a little increase in the audio, not too much.
> >