[Elecraft] [K2] K2 -- Audio output

[Don Wilhelm]

Garry,

Yes, the K2 audio output is on the 'wimpy' side.  The audio of the K2 
was designed for low current drain so it could be operated efficiently 
on batteries, and as a result there just is not a lot of reserve audio - 
it is adequate for most situations, but not for use with the speaker in 
a slightly noisy hamshack.  Yes, I would suggest an amplified external 
speaker.  If you don't run into RF pickup problems, computer speakers 
will work fine - just plug them into the headphone jack, or build an 
adapter to change the mono output of the external speaker jack to a 
stereo plug (the computer speakers will work on only one channel if the 
stereo plug is used in the external speaker jack because the ring on the 
plug will be shorted to the shell).

73,
Don W3FPR

2rGarry wrote:
> The speaker audio seems a trifle low on my K2.  With headphones it's good but
> I have to crank the volume control quite high to get decent audio output
> from the speaker.  I suspect that the audio is just as designed. Is that
> typically the case with the K2?  Or should I be looking for a problem?  As I
> said, with the headphones there is no issue whatsoever, I can feed audio to
> the headset and to the computer input (for psk) with no problem by just
> using the headphone jack and a splitter.
>
> I'm wondering if I need to build an amplified speaker for monitoring without
> having to wear the headphones.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Garry -- K2 6849
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