[Elecraft] Speaker for K2

[J. W. (Dub) Thornton]

Something I use to enhance the sound/volume of the K-2 speaker is
a piece of 4" dia, schedule 40 PVC 2.5" long, with the top blocked with
a pc of 1/4" plexiglas,  cut to fit inside the tubing, & glued in place.  Cut
a semi-circle opening in the tubing, that is 1 1/4" high X one third the
circumference of the tubing wide.  Cut from the bottom of the tubing.
Paint to suit.  Set the tubing on top of the K-2, over the speaker, so
that the back two screws of the speaker stop the tubing from sliding off
the back of the radio.  Have the semi-circle opening you cut in the tubing
facing the front of the radio, to direct the sound out the front.    Other
dimensions may work as well as/better than, this is just what I settled on.
It really makes a difference in the volume for me.

Very simple/easy to build, but can send a .jpg pix if wanted.

"73" Dub

At 06:05 PM 2/2/2003 -0800, you wrote:
>A number of ops here got Motorola mobile unit speakers from flea
>markets, etc. to use with their K2's according to a long thread some
>time back.  The K2 does NOT have a LOT of audio. A watt or so, I
>believe. It won't drive an inefficient speaker very well, such as most
>of the "hi-fi" bookshelf units.
>
>Ron AC7AC
>K2 # 1289
>
>Hello--
>I recently got a used K2 (#917) & don't care for the internal speaker.
>Have any of you found an external speaker that works well w/ your K2? Or
>maybe a replacement for the internal one? Thanks very much-- Max, k0max
>
>_______________________________________________
>Elecraft mailing list: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net
>You must be a list member to post to the list.
>Postings must be plain text (no HTML or attachments).
>See: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft
>Elecraft Web Page: http://www.elecraft.com

-
J. W.  (Dub) Thornton  WA5YFY
Minco, OK.