[Elecraft] KXI Audio?

[Don Wilhelm]

Fred,

Good luck with your endeavor.  The KX1 will work with an efficient external
speaker.  Check the archives for Wayne's Field Day 2006 operation comments -
he did use an external speaker because he had a guest who wanted to hear
what was going on.

You certainly can install the KXB3080 yourself.  The instructions are
correct and careful to give all the information needed.  Because of the
tight physical space, my advice is to follow those instructions "to the
letter" - wind the toroids, strip the leads and spread the turns exactly
like the instructions and diagrams indicate.  If you do not have a
desoldering tool with a long slender tip on it, you may end up damaging
adjacent parts during the removal process.  In that case, I suggest crushing
the component to be removed and removing one lead at a time.  A stainless
steel needle is handy for opening the holes after removing the old leads
(just don't burn your fingers, the needle will get hot - glue it into the
end of a dowel to serve as a handle).

73,
Don W3FPR


> -----Original Message-----
> From: elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net
> [mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net]On Behalf Of Fred (FL)
> Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2006 9:02 AM
> To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: [Elecraft] KXI Audio?
>
>
> The smell of solder beacons!  Finished K2 #5422
> early summer.  KXI looks interesting.  But I
> have a couple of questions -
>
> Does the KXI portable transceiver - support an
> external speaker, for listening?
>
> Why would it be necessary to "hire another
> builder", to do the 80/30 option?  Is it
> difficult to build or fit into the KX1?
> Or difficult to test?
>
> I like the idea that I could use the KX1 to
> also listen to some SSB and some SWL.
>
> Thanks,
> Fred
> N3CSY
>
>
>
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